Skilled nursing facilities · Tennessee
Life Care Center of Athens
Athens, TN · ~158 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Life Care Center of Athens runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Skilled nursing facilities workplace, earning a grade C.
Life Care Center of Athens: 6.4 TCR = 99% of Skilled nursing facilities BLS 6.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Life Care Center of Athens safety composite
Life Care Center of Athens scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51%), 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).
61/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 1 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% 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
−3.8
2016→2024
Life Care Center of Athens injury rate improved
Life Care Center of Athens's TCR fell 3.8 from 4.8 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.8 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=6.8 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623110 · Athens, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 6.4 · 99% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #156/278
- PHOTO Rehabilitation Cente…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 50 inj
- SIZE ~158 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rehabilitation Center of Belmond (0.0 TCR gap)
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Life Care Center of Athens in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Life Care Center of Athens
6.4 TCR
- Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Center of Belmond
6.4 TCR
- The Willows at
The Willows at Willard
6.4 TCR
- LP Harrodsburg
LP Harrodsburg, LLC
6.4 TCR
- NORTHCREST ACR
NORTHCREST ACRES NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER LLC
6.4 TCR
What this shows Life Care Center of Athens averages 6.4 TCR (99% of the Skilled nursing facilities BLS benchmark).
Life Care Center of Athens TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=6.8 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=4 · 2024=1 · BLS 6.5
Where Life Care Center of Athens falls in its industry
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities establishmentsSafer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #156 safest of 278 Skilled nursing facilities employers in Tennessee.
Life Care Center of Athens has more employees than the Skilled nursing facilities median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623110 · TN · Athens
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 77 employers in Athens, TN · 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 | Rehabilitation Center of Belmond | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Willows at Willard | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LP Harrodsburg, LLC | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NORTHCREST ACRES NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER LLC | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Purity - Nashville | 158 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Key Safety Systems Knoxville, TN | 158 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bharat Forge PMT | 158 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mueller Company - Cleveland TN | 158 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC | 1,659 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DENSO Manufacturing Athens, TN INC | 1,638 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Starr Regional Medical Center | 603 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adient Athens | 540 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Petro PA/SJ - Southampton | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Concrete Conservation, LLC | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Food Stores 6278 | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Landover Store 2311 | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Jewish Community Care at Home | 158 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials AZ | 158 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Global Cooling | 158 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Luverne Middle/High School | 158 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.