Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction) · New Jersey
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind)
Chester, NJ · ~283 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction) workplace, earning a grade D.
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind): 6.6 TCR = 173% of Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction) BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) safety composite
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
TCR Δ
−2.3
2022→2024
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) injury rate improved
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind)'s TCR fell 2.3 from 7.4 in 2022 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=7.4 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=5.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622310 · Chester, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 173% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #14/31
- PHOTO California Rehabilit…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 37 inj
- SIZE ~283 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: California Rehabilitation Institute, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind)
6.6 TCR
- California Reh
California Rehabilitation Institute, LLC
6.6 TCR
- Baylor Institu
Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation
6.6 TCR
- Healthsouth Re
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Austin
6.6 TCR
- ContinueCARE H
ContinueCARE Hospital at Medical Center
6.6 TCR
What this shows Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) averages 6.6 TCR (173% of the Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction) BLS benchmark).
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) TCR series: 2022=7.4 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.8
Where Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) falls in its industry
1,390 Rehabilitation hospitals (exce establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.
Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 31 Rehabilitation hospitals (exce employers in New Jersey.
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) has more employees than the Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcohol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622310 · NJ · Chester
1,390 Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 6 employers in Chester, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | California Rehabilitation Institute, LLC | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Austin | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ContinueCARE Hospital at Medical Center | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority | 283 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Skanska Koch | 283 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HORIBA Instruments Incorporated | 283 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Shop Rite of Somerset | 283 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Shop Rite of Chester | 288 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester | 282 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | R & R Construction Co., Inc. | 59 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HG1052 | 48 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | California Rehabilitation Institute, LLC | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northern Lights Academy | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at White Memorial Medical Center | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crandic Shops | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Public Health - Clinical Services | 283 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute | 283 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Livingston County | 283 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Cloud Technical & Community College | 283 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.