Nursing homes · Florida
Life Care Center of Palm Bay
Palm Bay, FL · ~201 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 11.6
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Life Care Center of Palm Bay runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nursing homes workplace, earning a grade D.
Life Care Center of Palm Bay: 11.6 TCR = 178% of Nursing homes BLS 6.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Life Care Center of Palm Bay safety composite
Life Care Center of Palm Bay scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% 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
−2.7
2016→2024
Life Care Center of Palm Bay injury rate improved
Life Care Center of Palm Bay's TCR fell 2.7 from 5.3 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 40.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.3 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=17.7 · 2021=40.8 · 2024=2.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623110 · Palm Bay, FL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 11.6 · 178% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #743/809
- PHOTO Bridgeway Care and R…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 59 inj
- SIZE ~201 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Life Care Center of Palm Bay in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Life Care Center of Palm Bay
11.6 TCR
- Bridgeway Care
Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center
11.6 TCR
- The Lodge at T
The Lodge at Taylor
11.6 TCR
- Lincolnton Reh
Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center
11.6 TCR
- Meadows of Del
Meadows of Delphos
11.6 TCR
What this shows Life Care Center of Palm Bay averages 11.6 TCR (178% of the Nursing homes BLS benchmark).
Life Care Center of Palm Bay TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=17.7 · 2021=40.8 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 6.5
Where Life Care Center of Palm Bay falls in its industry
15,252 Nursing homes establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #743 safest of 809 Nursing homes employers in Florida.
Life Care Center of Palm Bay has more employees than the Nursing homes 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 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 40.8 | 35.5 | 14 | 40 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623110 · FL · Palm Bay
15,252 Nursing homes employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 69 employers in Palm Bay, FL · 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 | Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center | 11.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Lodge at Taylor | 11.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lincolnton Rehabilitation Center | 11.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meadows of Delphos | 11.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Heart Utilities of Jacksonville | 201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Steel Fabricators LLC | 201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | US Gypsum Jacksonville | 201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 44371B - ORLANDO ZONE | 201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | L3Harris Technologies INC Palm Bay Campus | 4,239 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palm Bay FL 2400 Palm Bay Rd | 4,081 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palm Bay FL | 1,028 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palm Bay Hospital | 653 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Idbos - Boise Gateway | 11.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Quick Trip Delivery LLC | 11.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Zebulon House | 11.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lincoln Prairie Elementary School | 11.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant Food Stores 6324 | 201 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Teledyne Imaging Sensors | 201 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Indiana Service Center | 201 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dealers Warehouse Corporation | 201 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.