Skilled nursing facilities · Tennessee
Life Care Center of Ooltewah
Ooltewah, TN · ~151 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Life Care Center of Ooltewah runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Skilled nursing facilities workplace, earning a grade C.
Life Care Center of Ooltewah: 5.4 TCR = 83% of Skilled nursing facilities BLS 6.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Life Care Center of Ooltewah safety composite
Life Care Center of Ooltewah scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% 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 Ooltewah: 2.3 → 9.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.64× in 2024
Life Care Center of Ooltewah's TCR rose 7.5 from 2.3 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623110 · Ooltewah, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 5.4 · 83% of ind
- DART 8.8 DART
- RANK #122/278
- PHOTO IntegraCare Easton LLC
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 38 inj
- SIZE ~151 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: IntegraCare Easton LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Life Care Center of Ooltewah in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Life Care Center of Ooltewah
5.4 TCR
- IntegraCare Ea
IntegraCare Easton LLC
5.4 TCR
- Nazareth Livin
Nazareth Living Center
5.4 TCR
- Grossmont Post
Grossmont Post Acute Care
5.4 TCR
- Benton House o
Benton House of West Ashley
5.4 TCR
What this shows Life Care Center of Ooltewah averages 5.4 TCR (83% of the Skilled nursing facilities BLS benchmark).
Life Care Center of Ooltewah TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=5.3 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=4 · 2024=9.7 · BLS 6.5
Where Life Care Center of Ooltewah falls in its industry
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities establishmentsSafer than 61% 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 #122 safest of 278 Skilled nursing facilities employers in Tennessee.
Life Care Center of Ooltewah 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 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623110 · TN · Ooltewah
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 39 employers in Ooltewah, 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 | IntegraCare Easton LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nazareth Living Center | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Grossmont Post Acute Care | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Benton House of West Ashley | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Del-Air Mechanical | 151 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mechanical Systems Company, LLC | 151 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IATRIC Manufacturing Solutions | 151 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wm. S. Trimble Co., Inc. | 151 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Physical Therapy Collegedale | 6,606 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Miller Industries Towing Equipment, Inc. | 802 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Miller Industries | 649 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-ZECH | 453 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Winnemucca | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Holiday Tree Farms, Inc. (RP) | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lahey Arlington | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wjc-Twc-Twc Wjc -Jacksonville Fl | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Headquarters | 151 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Emf Logistics, Inc | 151 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ChampionX Sugar Land | 151 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AHG Crossroads Licensee, LLC | 151 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.