Orthopedic surgeons' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) · Indiana

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton

Name: Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chesterton, IN · ~162 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Orthopedic surgeons' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) workplace, earning a grade A.

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton: 1.7 TCR = 44% of Orthopedic surgeons' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton safety composite

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton: 1.3 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton's TCR rose 0.8 from 1.3 in 2023 to 2.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621111 · Chesterton, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 44% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #15/58
PHOTO Medical Care, LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Medical Care, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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UT Medical Gro

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What this shows Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton averages 1.7 TCR (44% of the Orthopedic surgeons' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) BLS benchmark).

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton TCR series: 2023=1.3 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.8

Where Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton falls in its industry

2,836 Orthopedic surgeons' offices ( establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 58 Orthopedic surgeons' offices ( employers in Indiana.

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton (162 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute - Chesterton has more employees than the Orthopedic surgeons' offices (e.g., cent median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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	2.1	0.0	3	0	0
2023	1.3	0.0	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621111 · IN · Chesterton

2,836 Orthopedic surgeons' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 27 employers in Chesterton, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Medical Care, LLC	NORWALK, OH	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Collom and Carney Eye Institute	TEXARKANA, TX	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NHOH - Concord	CONCORD, NH	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UT Medical Group DBA University Clinical Health	MEMPHIS, TN	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Royal - South Bend	SOUTH BEND	162 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coreslab Structures	INDIANAPOLIS	162 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Novelis	TERRE HAUTE	162 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NT Supply and NFS - Greenwood	GREENWOOD	162 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Urschel	Chesterton	447 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Urschel Laboratories	Chesterton	442 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5472-000003189	Chesterton	170 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5472-000001189	Chesterton	167 FTE
NAT-TCR	Florida Roof-Tech Corp Roofing Done Right Guaranteed	Hialeah, FL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hart Supply	Hingham, MA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cleveland Office Ocoee	Cleveland, TN	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	STR0676	Ridgeland, MS	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Niagara Falls	Niagara Falls, NY	162 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Villa St Benedict	Lisle, IL	162 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Forest Haven Nursing Home	Catonsville, MD	162 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Chatham Village	Wareham, MA	162 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.