Blood banking · Colorado
Vitalant CO Westminster
Westminster, CO · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vitalant CO Westminster runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blood banking workplace, earning a grade F.
Vitalant CO Westminster: 8.8 TCR = 233% of Blood banking BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vitalant CO Westminster safety composite
Vitalant CO Westminster scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% 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
Vitalant CO Westminster: 4.2 → 4.8 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 19.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023
Vitalant CO Westminster's TCR rose 0.5 from 4.2 in 2018 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621991 · Westminster, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 233% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #27/32
- PHOTO LNH- Ward Ct.
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~21 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LNH- Ward Ct. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vitalant CO Westminster in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Knoxville Plas
Knoxville Plasma - Knoxville, TN
8.9 TCR
- This site
Vitalant CO Westminster
8.8 TCR
- LNH- Ward Ct.
LNH- Ward Ct.
8.8 TCR
- Ft. Wayne-Getz
Ft. Wayne-Getz, IN-Biolife 633
8.8 TCR
- Coastal Bend B
Coastal Bend Blood Center
8.8 TCR
What this shows Vitalant CO Westminster averages 8.8 TCR (233% of the Blood banking BLS benchmark).
Vitalant CO Westminster TCR series: 2018=4.2 · 2020=19.2 · 2021=16 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 3.8
Where Vitalant CO Westminster falls in its industry
1,713 Blood banking establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 32 Blood banking employers in Colorado.
Vitalant CO Westminster has fewer employees than the Blood banking median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16.0 | 10.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 19.2 | 14.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621991 · CO · Westminster
1,713 Blood banking employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 169 employers in Westminster, 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 | LNH- Ward Ct. | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ft. Wayne-Getz, IN-Biolife 633 | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Knoxville Plasma - Knoxville, TN | 8.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Coastal Bend Blood Center | 8.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sacred Seed | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-C3 LASALLE | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WGW Golden West Wind | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BHE - Canon City Utility Dr (CO008) | 21 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AMC/Westmoor Campus | 1,582 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St Anthony North Health Campus | 1,174 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Trimble Inc Westminster | 840 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Westminster AMC/WMR | 638 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cedar City Motor Company llc | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Canopy Foods-Downingtown Plant | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Portland Group Boston | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Johnson Concrete Co.-Lexington Division | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mayo Clinic Health System-Caledonia | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mayo Clinic Health System-Oakridge (Mondovi) | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Royal Homes Inc. dba Royal Exteriors | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Glenco, Inc. | 21 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.