Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities · Minnesota
Lake Ridge Care Center
Buffalo, MN · ~129 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lake Ridge Care Center runs at 406% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities workplace, earning a grade F.
Lake Ridge Care Center: 15.4 TCR = 406% of Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lake Ridge Care Center safety composite
Lake Ridge Care Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
18/100
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 37.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Lake Ridge Care Center: 11.3 → 41.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 41.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2.42× in 2024
Lake Ridge Care Center's TCR rose 29.8 from 11.3 in 2017 to 41.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623311 · Buffalo, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 15.4 · 406% of ind
- DART 37.3 DART
- RANK #191/226
- PHOTO La Vida Real
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 37 inj
- SIZE ~129 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: La Vida Real (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lake Ridge Care Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lake Ridge Care Center
15.4 TCR
- La Vida Real
La Vida Real
15.4 TCR
- Independent Li
Independent Living
15.4 TCR
- Skyline Place
Skyline Place
15.4 TCR
- Bickford of Au
Bickford of Aurora
15.4 TCR
What this shows Lake Ridge Care Center averages 15.4 TCR (406% of the Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities BLS benchmark).
Lake Ridge Care Center TCR series: 2017=11.3 · 2018=11.7 · 2019=13 · 2022=0.1 · 2024=41 · BLS 3.8
Where Lake Ridge Care Center falls in its industry
4,127 Assisted-living facilities wit establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #191 safest of 226 Assisted-living facilities wit employers in Minnesota.
Lake Ridge Care Center has more employees than the Assisted-living facilities with on-site 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 | 41.0 | 37.3 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.7 | 7.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623311 · MN · Buffalo
4,127 Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 74 employers in Buffalo, MN · 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 | La Vida Real | 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 | Long Prairie | 129 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stanton | 129 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Knutson Construction Rochester | 129 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CECO Concrete : Minneapolis | 129 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Health One Buffalo (Buffalo Hospital) | 532 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Health One Buffalo | 500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1577 | 404 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1577 | 320 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Winnebago Foundry Inc | 15.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 118 Highlands Ranch | 15.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Reserve at Mills Farm | 15.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Empire Sheet Metal, Inc | 15.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Target Steel | 129 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Republic Conduit Inc. - Cedar Springs | 129 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wildcat Dairy LLC | 129 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Frey Lutz LLC | 129 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.