Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) · Colorado
Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center
Brighton, CO · ~99 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 21.6
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center runs at 332% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 21.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 6.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 46
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center's OSHA Total Case Rate of 21.6 to the Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) BLS benchmark of 6.5 (332% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 6.5 industry benchmark.
Where Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center falls in its industry
15,832 Convalescent homes or convales establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.5.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #256 safest of 271 Convalescent homes or convales employers in Colorado.
Trend analysis for Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center
Between 2017 and 2018, Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center's Total Case Rate worsened from 20.3 to 22.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 13% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 20.3, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 22.9, a spread of 2.6 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center recorded 32 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 46 injuries, 59 illnesses shown on this page for Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 623110 - Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
62 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 147,122 hours worked = 84.28 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center (this establishment) | 21.60 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Skilled nursing facilities industry avg | 6.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 623110 |
| Colorado state avg (all industries) | 5.41 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 73 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 59 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 21 reportable incidents · 21 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 99.2 | 84.3 | 14 | 59 | 0 |
| 2018 | 22.9 | 20.7 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 20.3 | 11.1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center's reported OSHA injury record versus its Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 332% of the Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) benchmark, Riverdale Rehab and Care Community of Brighton Formerly Known as Cottonwood Care Center reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.