Skilled nursing facilities · Washington
Life Care Center of Kirkland
Kirkland, WA · ~130 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 11.4
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Life Care Center of Kirkland runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Skilled nursing facilities workplace, earning a grade D.
Life Care Center of Kirkland: 11.4 TCR = 175% of Skilled nursing facilities BLS 6.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Life Care Center of Kirkland safety composite
Life Care Center of Kirkland scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% 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
Life Care Center of Kirkland: 8.9 → 15.1 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 94.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.78× in 2024
Life Care Center of Kirkland's TCR rose 6.3 from 8.9 in 2019 to 15.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 94.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623110 · Kirkland, WA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 11.4 · 175% of ind
- DART 8.9 DART
- RANK #125/190
- PHOTO LP Monteagle, LLC
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 57 inj
- SIZE ~130 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LP Monteagle, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Life Care Center of Kirkland in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Life Care Center of Kirkland
11.4 TCR
- LP Monteagle,
LP Monteagle, LLC
11.4 TCR
- Arbors at Sylv
Arbors at Sylvania
11.4 TCR
- Corry Manor
Corry Manor
11.4 TCR
- John Scott Hou
John Scott House
11.4 TCR
What this shows Life Care Center of Kirkland averages 11.4 TCR (175% of the Skilled nursing facilities BLS benchmark).
Life Care Center of Kirkland TCR series: 2019=8.9 · 2020=94.7 · 2021=18.6 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=15.1 · BLS 6.5
Where Life Care Center of Kirkland falls in its industry
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #125 safest of 190 Skilled nursing facilities employers in Washington.
Life Care Center of Kirkland has more employees than the Skilled nursing facilities median and a higher 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 | 15.1 | 8.9 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 18.6 | 16.4 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 2020 | 94.7 | 92.3 | 8 | 71 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623110 · WA · Kirkland
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 110 employers in Kirkland, WA · 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 | LP Monteagle, LLC | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Arbors at Sylvania | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Corry Manor | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | John Scott House | 11.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lusamerica Foods, Inc. | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WA050 Olympia Container | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Milgard Vinyl Extrusion - Address Only | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HM PNW- Sumner | 130 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 4,778 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EvergreenHealth | 4,731 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Kirkland | 778 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kenworth Truck Company - Yarrow Bay | 766 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bend Seventh Mountain | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2525 - Blue Springs | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1303 - Cambridge | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | WCA Group, LLC Columbus | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NHC HealthCare, Oak Ridge | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kinzler Construction Services - Ankeny | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oklahoma City Lube Plant | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Riverdale Mills Corporation | 130 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.