Retirement communities, continuing care · California

La Vida Real

El Cajon, CA · ~185 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
27
Fatalities
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The verdict

La Vida Real runs at 406% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retirement communities, continuing care workplace, earning a grade F.

La Vida Real: 15.4 TCR = 406% of Retirement communities, continuing care BLS 3.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

La Vida Real safety composite

La Vida Real scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 17% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).

F

11/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 27

Safer than 0% 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

−3.3

2017→2024

La Vida Real injury rate improved

La Vida Real's TCR fell 3.3 from 13.4 in 2017 to 10.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 28.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.4 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=28.2 · 2021=19.6 · 2022=25.3 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=10.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · El Cajon, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 15.4 · 406% of ind

  • DART 9.4 DART
  • RANK #180/216
  • PHOTO Lake Ridge Care Center
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 101 inj
  • SIZE ~185 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lake Ridge Care Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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La Vida Real in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows La Vida Real averages 15.4 TCR (406% of the Retirement communities, continuing care BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

La Vida Real TCR series: 2017=13.4 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=28.2 · 2021=19.6 · 2022=25.3 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 3.8

Where La Vida Real falls in its industry

4,127 Retirement communities, contin establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #180 safest of 216 Retirement communities, contin employers in California.

La Vida Real (185 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate La Vida Real
La Vida Real (185 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

La Vida Real has more employees than the Retirement communities, continuing care median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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 10.2 9.4 13 1 0
2023 13.3 12.6 19 0 0
2022 25.3 5.2 6 28 27
2021 19.6 18.9 13 14 0
2020 28.2 26.7 16 22 0
2019 5.7 5.1 10 0 0
2018 7.6 7.6 13 0 0
2017 13.4 6.7 11 11 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · CA · El Cajon

4,127 Retirement communities, continuing care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in El Cajon, CA · 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 Lake Ridge Care Center 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Independent Living 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Skyline Place 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bickford of Aurora 15.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE George Chiala Farms, Inc. 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE JSJ Harvesting, LLC 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glad-A-Way Gardens, Inc. 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE VLC FARM LABOR, INC 185 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHERN REGION : SDU 1,176 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 370 1,148 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics 1,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem Tronics 938 FTE
NAT-TCR Mt. Pleasant Tannery 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Food For Thought Corporate Office 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kre-Bsl Husky Trumbull Operation LLC 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ward Trucking LLC-Buffalo 15.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Livingston La 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wheeling-Nippon Steel 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE TPI Bayamon Sala RF y Menores 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Fairview Heights 185 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.