Home care of elderly, medical · Colorado

The Independence Center (Main Office)

Colorado Springs, CO · ~292 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
5.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Independence Center (Main Office) runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Home care of elderly, medical workplace, earning a grade C.

The Independence Center (Main Office): 4.6 TCR = 88% of Home care of elderly, medical BLS 5.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Independence Center (Main Office) safety composite

The Independence Center (Main Office) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.3

2017→2020

The Independence Center (Main Office) injury rate improved

The Independence Center (Main Office)'s TCR fell 6.3 from 7.7 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2020=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621610 · Colorado Springs, CO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.6 · 88% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #23/66
  • PHOTO Chambersburg, PA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~292 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chambersburg, PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Independence Center (Main Office) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Independence Center (Main Office) averages 4.6 TCR (88% of the Home care of elderly, medical BLS benchmark).

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

The Independence Center (Main Office) TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2020=1.4 · BLS 5.2

Where The Independence Center (Main Office) falls in its industry

3,635 Home care of elderly, medical establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 66 Home care of elderly, medical employers in Colorado.

The Independence Center (Main Office) (292 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Independence Center (Main Office)
The Independence Center (Main Office) (292 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 4.4

The Independence Center (Main Office) has more employees than the Home care of elderly, medical median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2020 1.4 1.0 3 0 0
2017 7.7 2.9 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621610 · CO · Colorado Springs

3,635 Home care of elderly, medical 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 Chambersburg, PA 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR VZH 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1000 Rhunke Street Building 2 ( Barbara Harper) (TCH8) 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0477 - WIF 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nestle Purina PetCare Denver 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE Denver HQ 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5957 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE Transporttation Technology Center, Inc. 292 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 OTSCON, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Marian Home 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rick Case Honda (Euclid) 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR New Haven - QRP 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE HP - High Performance 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nicholas Meat, LLC 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arcade Beauty - South Plainfield 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Bay Central Office 292 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: 2020, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.