Continuing care retirement communities · North Carolina

The Forest at Duke

Durham, NC · ~268 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Forest at Duke runs at 229% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Continuing care retirement communities workplace, earning a grade F.

The Forest at Duke: 8.7 TCR = 229% of Continuing care retirement communities BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Forest at Duke safety composite

The Forest at Duke scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 8.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.79 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

−1.6

2016→2024

The Forest at Duke injury rate improved

The Forest at Duke's TCR fell 1.6 from 8.0 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.0 · 2017=12.6 · 2019=10.0 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 229% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #84/105
  • PHOTO Sanctuary at St. Jos…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 90 inj
  • SIZE ~268 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sanctuary at St. Joseph's Village (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Forest at Duke in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Forest at Duke averages 8.7 TCR (229% of the Continuing care retirement communities BLS benchmark).

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

The Forest at Duke TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=12.6 · 2019=10 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.8

Where The Forest at Duke falls in its industry

4,127 Continuing care retirement com establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #84 safest of 105 Continuing care retirement com employers in North Carolina.

The Forest at Duke (268 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Forest at Duke
The Forest at Duke (268 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

The Forest at Duke has more employees than the Continuing care retirement communities median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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 6.3 3.8 15 0 0
2023 6.5 2.2 15 0 0
2019 10.0 5.0 17 3 0
2017 12.6 2.1 25 5 0
2016 8.0 0.9 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · NC · Durham

4,127 Continuing care retirement communities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 Sanctuary at St. Joseph's Village 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Arbors at St. Barnabas 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arden Courts of Kensington 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arden Courts of Richmond 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE APAC Atlantic, Inc. 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayodan 5 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6202 Mebane Folding 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allen Industries 268 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Stevens Design & Fabrication Inc 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Arden Courts of Kensington 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Mansfield Branch 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Inspired Living Tampa 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Services McAllen TX 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hillside Hospital LLC 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE FC: Atlanta 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richardson Home Care 268 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, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.