Ambulance services, air or ground · Michigan
Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI · ~138 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo runs at 386% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance services, air or ground workplace, earning a grade F.
Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo: 14.7 TCR = 386% of Ambulance services, air or ground BLS 3.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo safety composite
Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 18.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% 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.-Kalamazoo: 8.2 → 21.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 21.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.24× in 2024
Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo's TCR rose 13.1 from 8.2 in 2016 to 21.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621910 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 14.7 · 386% of ind
- DART 18.3 DART
- RANK #33/45
- PHOTO Allina Health Emerge…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 89 inj
- SIZE ~138 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Allina Health Emergency Medical Services Hutchinson (0.0 TCR gap)
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Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo
14.7 TCR
- Allina Health
Allina Health Emergency Medical Services Hutchinson
14.7 TCR
- South Texas Em
South Texas Emergency Care Foundation, Inc. Admin
14.6 TCR
- Imperial Count
Imperial County Operations
14.6 TCR
- Cetronia Ambul
Cetronia Ambulance Corps
14.6 TCR
What this shows Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo averages 14.7 TCR (386% of the Ambulance services, air or ground BLS benchmark).
Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo TCR series: 2016=8.2 · 2018=9.3 · 2021=17.1 · 2022=12.5 · 2023=19.8 · 2024=21.3 · BLS 3.8
Where Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo falls in its industry
976 Ambulance services, air or gro establishmentsSafer than 20% 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 #33 safest of 45 Ambulance services, air or gro employers in Michigan.
Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo has more employees than the Ambulance services, air or ground median and a higher 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 | 21.3 | 18.3 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17.1 | 14.8 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.3 | 4.1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621910 · MI · Kalamazoo
976 Ambulance services, air or ground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
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.