Home health agencies · Michigan
West Branch Home Care
West Branch, MI · ~28 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 4.1
- Avg TCR
- 5.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
West Branch Home Care runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Home health agencies workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 4.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 5.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 3
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares West Branch Home Care's OSHA Total Case Rate of 4.1 to the Home health agencies BLS benchmark of 5.2 (78% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
West Branch Home Care's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 5.2 industry benchmark.
Where West Branch Home Care falls in its industry
4,185 Home health agencies establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 122 Home health agencies employers in Michigan.
Trend analysis for West Branch Home Care
Between 2017 and 2020, West Branch Home Care's Total Case Rate improved from 11.0 to 0.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 100% decrease across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2019, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 11.0, a spread of 11.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, West Branch Home Care recorded 3 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-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 3 injuries shown on this page for West Branch Home Care are sourced from its own 4 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 621610 - Home health agencies.
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.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 42,038 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| West Branch Home Care (this establishment) | 4.08 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Home health agencies industry avg | 5.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 621610 |
| Michigan state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | 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 West Branch Home Care 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: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 2 reportable incidents · 2 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on West Branch Home Care's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Home health agencies peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 78% of the Home health agencies benchmark, West Branch Home Care reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Home health agencies 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is West Branch Home Care's safety grade?
How many injuries has West Branch Home Care reported?
Similar Employers
Matched by safety record across the industry, by workforce size within Michigan, and by nearby establishments in West Branch - a different peer set than the category browse links below.
Similar TCR (~4.1)
Similar size (~28 workers)
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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.