Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities · Colorado

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge

Name: MorningStar of Wheat Ridge Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Wheat Ridge, CO · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 14.1
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge runs at 371% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities workplace, earning a grade F.

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge: 14.1 TCR = 371% of Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge safety composite

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 14.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers
DART rate: D 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge: 12.8 → 15.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 15.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2018

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge's TCR rose 2.5 from 12.8 in 2017 to 15.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623312 · Wheat Ridge, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.1 · 371% of ind

DART 5.1 DART
RANK #121/140
PHOTO Brookdale Brookfield…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brookdale Brookfield AL (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows MorningStar of Wheat Ridge averages 14.1 TCR (371% of the Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities BLS benchmark).

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge TCR series: 2017=12.8 · 2018=15.4 · BLS 3.8

Where MorningStar of Wheat Ridge falls in its industry

6,510 Assisted-living facilities wit establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #121 safest of 140 Assisted-living facilities wit employers in Colorado.

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge (63 employees, TCR 14.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 7.2

MorningStar of Wheat Ridge has more employees than the Assisted-living facilities without on-si median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2018	15.4	5.1	6	0	0
2017	12.8	12.8	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623312 · CO · Wheat Ridge

6,510 Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 56 employers in Wheat Ridge, CO · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Brookdale Brookfield AL	BROOKFIELD, WI	14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Artis Senior Living of Brick	BRICK, NJ	14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Curry House	CADILLAC, MI	14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Anthology of Farmington	FARMINGTON, CT	14.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Main Office	DENVER	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lakewood Electric Co Inc.	ENGLEWOOD	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Global Underground Corp.	COLORADO SPRINGS	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	C&L Water Solutions, Inc- Colorado	LITTLETON	63 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lutheran Medical Center	Wheat Ridge	1,912 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SiteWise Corporation	Wheat Ridge	432 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rocky Mountain Bottle Company	Wheat Ridge	239 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2021 - Arvada South	Wheat Ridge	213 FTE
NAT-TCR	Brewer Center for Health and Rehabilitation	Brewer, ME	14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	504 ABC Supply Co., Inc	Maitland, FL	14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	4769-754-Pottery Barn	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	SAO	San Antonio, TX	14.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Regional Logistics Support Center- Austin	Austin, TX	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Deerfield (Masde)	South Deerfield, MA	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Thief River Falls (Mnthe)	Thief River Falls, MN	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Great Falls (Mtgtf)	Great Falls, MT	63 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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