Ambulance services, air or ground · Michigan

Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa

Allendale, MI · ~22 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ambulance services, air or ground workplace, earning a grade D.

Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa: 6.2 TCR = 163% of Ambulance services, air or ground BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa safety composite

Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 51%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 6.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−1.3

2016→2023

Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa injury rate improved

Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa's TCR fell 1.3 from 5.8 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2018=4.4 · 2021=11.5 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621910 · Allendale, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 163% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #14/45
  • PHOTO Emergency Services
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Emergency Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa averages 6.2 TCR (163% of the Ambulance services, air or ground BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2018=4.4 · 2021=11.5 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=4.5 · BLS 3.8

Where Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa falls in its industry

976 Ambulance services, air or gro establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 45 Ambulance services, air or gro employers in Michigan.

Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa (22 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 8.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa
Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa (22 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 8.3

Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa 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
2023 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2022 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2021 11.5 11.5 3 0 0
2018 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2016 5.8 5.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621910 · MI · Allendale

976 Ambulance services, air or ground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 20 employers in Allendale, 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 Emergency Services 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acadian - North Central Texas District 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR County of Harnett-Emergency Management 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tower Health Urgent Care 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skymint Silo59 Production Facility 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRT Brighton 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cadillac Renewable Energy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benzonia 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leprino Foods Co 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leprino Foods, Allendale 288 FTE
CITY-NEAR 500282100 GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIV. 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4021-500282100 110 FTE
NAT-TCR Central MN Mental Health Center - Main Campus 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Wire Products Company 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Skagit Horticulture - MB 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkdale America LLC Plant 3 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southeast Child & Family Therapy 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central MN Mental Health Center - Northway 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rising River Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE D. C. Taylor Co Chicago Illinois 22 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.