Veterinary Services · Colorado

North Springs Veterinary Referral Center

Colorado Springs, CO · ~92 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.5
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Springs Veterinary Referral Center runs at 3306% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Veterinary Services workplace, earning a grade F.

North Springs Veterinary Referral Center: 16.5 TCR = 3306% of Veterinary Services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Springs Veterinary Referral Center safety composite

North Springs Veterinary Referral Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

North Springs Veterinary Referral Center: 8.8 → 24.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 24.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

North Springs Veterinary Referral Center's TCR rose 15.5 from 8.8 in 2023 to 24.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541940 · Colorado Springs, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.5 · 3306% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Lakefield Veterinary…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lakefield Veterinary Group - 151 (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Springs Veterinary Referral Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Springs Veterinary Referral Center averages 16.5 TCR (3306% of the Veterinary Services BLS benchmark).

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

North Springs Veterinary Referral Center TCR series: 2023=8.8 · 2024=24.3 · BLS 0.5

Where North Springs Veterinary Referral Center falls in its industry

261 Veterinary Services establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 12.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Veterinary Services employers in Colorado.

North Springs Veterinary Referral Center (92 employees, TCR 16.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 12.0 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 0100200300400 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate North Springs Veterinary Referral Center
North Springs Veterinary Referral Center (92 employees, TCR 16.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 12.0

North Springs Veterinary Referral Center has more employees than the Veterinary Services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 12.0. 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 24.3 0.0 15 0 0
2023 8.8 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541940 · CO · Colorado Springs

261 Veterinary Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 832 employers in Colorado Springs, CO · 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 Lakefield Veterinary Group - 151 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orchid Springs Animal Hospital 16.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakefield Veterinary Group - 122 16.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakefield Veterinary Group - 163 16.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE La Salle Brigade Energy Services 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richmond American Homes of Colorado 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE R & A ENTERPRISES OF CARBONDALE COLORADO, INC 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE BRANCH - CO - Denver 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Colorado Hospital Memorial Central 3,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN4 2,948 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penrose Hospital 2,841 FTE
CITY-NEAR 05070001-050701 PENROSE HOSPITAL 2,391 FTE
NAT-TCR Gerard A Laflamme, Inc. 16.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gary Ingram Grading & Paving, Inc 16.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Quaker City Castings 16.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Oksti - Stillwater 16.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Power Specialists Associates 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jade Engineered Plastics, Inc 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Los Angeles 5721 W 96th St 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE SunRype Products (USA), Inc. 92 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: 2024, 2023. 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.