Ambulance services, air or ground · Michigan
Life EMS Inc.-Ionia
Ionia, MI · ~32 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Life EMS Inc.-Ionia runs at 193% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ambulance services, air or ground workplace, earning a grade D.
Life EMS Inc.-Ionia: 7.3 TCR = 193% of Ambulance services, air or ground BLS 3.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Life EMS Inc.-Ionia safety composite
Life EMS Inc.-Ionia scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 7.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 6.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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 EMS Inc.-Ionia: 3.1 → 6.1 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 14.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024
Life EMS Inc.-Ionia's TCR rose 3.1 from 3.1 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621910 · Ionia, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.3 · 193% of ind
- DART 6.1 DART
- RANK #22/45
- PHOTO LifeLine Ambulance
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LifeLine Ambulance (0.0 TCR gap)
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Life EMS Inc.-Ionia in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Life EMS Inc.-Ionia
7.3 TCR
- LifeLine Ambul
LifeLine Ambulance
7.3 TCR
- Platinum Nine
Platinum Nine Holdings, LLC dba Northwest Ambulance
7.3 TCR
- Superior Air-G
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Ohio
7.3 TCR
- Dayton Operat
Dayton Operations
7.3 TCR
What this shows Life EMS Inc.-Ionia averages 7.3 TCR (193% of the Ambulance services, air or ground BLS benchmark).
Life EMS Inc.-Ionia TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2018=3.1 · 2021=14.2 · 2022=14.4 · 2023=3 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 3.8
Where Life EMS Inc.-Ionia falls in its industry
976 Ambulance services, air or gro establishmentsSafer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.3.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 45 Ambulance services, air or gro employers in Michigan.
Life EMS Inc.-Ionia has fewer employees than the Ambulance services, air or ground median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.3. 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 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621910 · MI · Ionia
976 Ambulance services, air or ground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 26 employers in Ionia, MI · 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 | LifeLine Ambulance | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Platinum Nine Holdings, LLC dba Northwest Ambulance | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Ohio | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dayton Operations | 7.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 6801_15743 | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Black Soil Dairy | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Berrybrook | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | East Tawas | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ventra Ionia | 1,383 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility | 410 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Michigan Reformatory Correctional Facility | 304 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility | 301 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | RLE | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Las Vegas Marriott | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Corner Market #6065 | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carpet Weaver's Commercial, Inc. | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Kentucky - Metals | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Bailey Boys, Inc. | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lockheed Martin Corporation Honolulu HI - Lagoon Dr (2829) | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | XMC | 32 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.