Ambulance services, air or ground · Michigan
Life EMS Inc.-Kent
Grand Rapids, MI · ~320 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Life EMS Inc.-Kent runs at 227% 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.-Kent: 8.6 TCR = 227% of Ambulance services, air or ground BLS 3.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Life EMS Inc.-Kent safety composite
Life EMS Inc.-Kent scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 8.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 5.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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
−5.0
2016→2024
Life EMS Inc.-Kent injury rate improved
Life EMS Inc.-Kent's TCR fell 5.0 from 10.5 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=10.5 · 2018=12.5 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=9.3 · 2024=5.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621910 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 227% of ind
- DART 5.0 DART
- RANK #27/45
- PHOTO STECF Station 2
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 116 inj
- SIZE ~320 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: STECF Station 2 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Life EMS Inc.-Kent in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Life EMS Inc.-Kent
8.6 TCR
- STECF Station
STECF Station 2
8.6 TCR
- Safford Ambula
Safford AmbulanceOperations
8.6 TCR
- Clarkston
Clarkston
8.6 TCR
- 15 Burke Ln
15 Burke Ln
8.6 TCR
What this shows Life EMS Inc.-Kent averages 8.6 TCR (227% of the Ambulance services, air or ground BLS benchmark).
Life EMS Inc.-Kent TCR series: 2016=10.5 · 2018=12.5 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=9.3 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.8
Where Life EMS Inc.-Kent falls in its industry
976 Ambulance services, air or gro establishmentsSafer than 46% 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 #27 safest of 45 Ambulance services, air or gro employers in Michigan.
Life EMS Inc.-Kent 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 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.5 | 10.2 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621910 · MI · Grand Rapids
976 Ambulance services, air or ground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 | STECF Station 2 | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Safford AmbulanceOperations | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Clarkston | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 15 Burke Ln | 8.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Litehouse Foods Inc | 320 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Summit Polymers Inc - Plant Five | 320 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mayco Shelby | 320 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The HT Hackney C | 320 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA | 9,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SH Butterworth Hospital | 7,397 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI | 2,914 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood | 2,817 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Mentor | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mid-States Utility Trailer Sales Omaha | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Upstate Rebar LLC | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Younger Brothers Builder LLC | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Intermountain Electric, Inc. | 320 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Holmes Foods Inc | 320 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Greene Tweed and Company Houston | 320 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Louis Service Center | 320 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.