Nursing homes · Kentucky
Life Care Center of Morehead
Morehead, KY · ~115 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Life Care Center of Morehead runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Nursing homes workplace, earning a grade C.
Life Care Center of Morehead: 5.7 TCR = 87% of Nursing homes BLS 6.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Life Care Center of Morehead safety composite
Life Care Center of Morehead scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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%).
Life Care Center of Morehead held a steady TCR band
Life Care Center of Morehead's TCR held near 0.1 from 5.7 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.7 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=5.6 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=8.2 · 2024=5.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623110 · Morehead, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 5.7 · 87% of ind
- DART 5.8 DART
- RANK #119/340
- PHOTO DESERT COVE NURSING …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 34 inj
- SIZE ~115 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: DESERT COVE NURSING CENTER (0.0 TCR gap)
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Life Care Center of Morehead in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Life Care Center of Morehead
5.7 TCR
- DESERT COVE NU
DESERT COVE NURSING CENTER
5.7 TCR
- Norwalk Nursin
Norwalk Nursing & Rehab
5.7 TCR
- Iowa Veterans
Iowa Veterans Home
5.7 TCR
- Waters of Waba
Waters of Wabash West
5.7 TCR
What this shows Life Care Center of Morehead averages 5.7 TCR (87% of the Nursing homes BLS benchmark).
Life Care Center of Morehead TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=5.6 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=8.2 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 6.5
Where Life Care Center of Morehead falls in its industry
15,252 Nursing homes establishmentsSafer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #119 safest of 340 Nursing homes employers in Kentucky.
Life Care Center of Morehead has more employees than the Nursing homes 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 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623110 · KY · Morehead
15,252 Nursing homes employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 44 employers in Morehead, KY · 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 | DESERT COVE NURSING CENTER | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Norwalk Nursing & Rehab | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Iowa Veterans Home | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Waters of Wabash West | 5.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kimball International | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | US106: Louisville 233 - SG | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DIXIE WAREHOUSE (KYISC) | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6458-ZLON | 115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Claire Medical Center | 1,328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Claire HealthCare | 1,237 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SRG Global Trim LLC | 538 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DC205 DC205 MOREHEAD KY | 537 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Principle Toyota Hernando | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dfa Distributing South - Knoxville Tn | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - PIT2 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plant 2 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | QSI Vienna #85 | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bear Mountain Healthcare Andover | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Golden Corr Sheets | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Solarbron Terrace | 115 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.