Skilled nursing facilities · Massachusetts
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley
North Billerica, MA · ~148 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.3
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Skilled nursing facilities workplace, earning a grade D.
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley: 8.3 TCR = 128% of Skilled nursing facilities BLS 6.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley safety composite
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 8.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% 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
−3.0
2016→2024
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley injury rate improved
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley's TCR fell 3.0 from 4.7 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 19.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.7 · 2018=11.2 · 2019=12.0 · 2021=19.3 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623110 · North Billerica, MA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 128% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #245/423
- PHOTO RIVERSIDE VILLAGE
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 38 inj
- SIZE ~148 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: RIVERSIDE VILLAGE (0.0 TCR gap)
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Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley
8.3 TCR
- RIVERSIDE VILL
RIVERSIDE VILLAGE
8.3 TCR
- Hardinsburg He
Hardinsburg Health Center LLC
8.3 TCR
- Villa at Silve
Villa at Silverbell Estates
8.3 TCR
- Billings Skill
Billings Skilled Nursing Facility LLC
8.3 TCR
What this shows Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley averages 8.3 TCR (128% of the Skilled nursing facilities BLS benchmark).
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2018=11.2 · 2019=12 · 2021=19.3 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 6.5
Where Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley falls in its industry
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #245 safest of 423 Skilled nursing facilities employers in Massachusetts.
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley 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 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623110 · MA · North Billerica
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 29 employers in North Billerica, MA · 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 | RIVERSIDE VILLAGE | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hardinsburg Health Center LLC | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Villa at Silverbell Estates | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Billings Skilled Nursing Facility LLC | 8.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Stergis Windows | 148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Academy Manor | 148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1803 - Salem Highland Ave | 148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Agawam West Rehab & Nursing | 148 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | All Divisions | 595 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Billerica | 265 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Teledyne FLIR Billerica | 264 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-ZNBI | 239 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Broadmoor | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arlington Heights | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lafayette Center | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | A E Conrad | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Luther Memorial Home | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dunn Heat Exchangers | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Myers Emergency Power Systems, LLC | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Otis Elevator Company-Dallas | 148 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.