Hospice care services, in home · Michigan

West Branch Hospice

West Branch, MI · ~37 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.1
Avg TCR
5.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Branch Hospice runs at 366% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hospice care services, in home workplace, earning a grade F.

West Branch Hospice: 19.1 TCR = 366% of Hospice care services, in home BLS 5.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Branch Hospice safety composite

West Branch Hospice scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 19.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

West Branch Hospice: 13.3 → 39.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 39.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020

West Branch Hospice's TCR rose 25.8 from 13.3 in 2016 to 39.1 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621610 · West Branch, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 19.1 · 366% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #113/113
  • PHOTO OCI ACQUISITION LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OCI ACQUISITION LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Branch Hospice in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Branch Hospice averages 19.1 TCR (366% of the Hospice care services, in home BLS benchmark).

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

West Branch Hospice TCR series: 2016=13.3 · 2017=10.7 · 2018=13.1 · 2020=39.1 · BLS 5.2

Where West Branch Hospice falls in its industry

3,635 Hospice care services, in home establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #113 safest of 113 Hospice care services, in home employers in Michigan.

West Branch Hospice (37 employees, TCR 19.1) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West Branch Hospice
West Branch Hospice (37 employees, TCR 19.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 4.4

West Branch Hospice has fewer employees than the Hospice care services, in home 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 39.1 0.0 12 1 0
2018 13.1 0.0 4 0 0
2017 10.7 7.2 1 2 0
2016 13.3 13.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621610 · MI · West Branch

3,635 Hospice care services, in home employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 36 employers in West Branch, MI · 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 OCI ACQUISITION LLC 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0327 - VRH 19.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horizon Home Health and Hospice - Mtn Home 19.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hope Hospice - Bulverde 19.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Full Circle Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Plains Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE East River Genetic Services LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Mountain Hydro 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5159 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5159 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR MidMichigan Medical Center - West Branch 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Griffin Beverage CO West Branch 129 FTE
NAT-TCR Kenai Plant 19.1 TCR
NAT-TCR SSA Orangewood Children and Family Center 19.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mayo Clinic Valet Services 19.1 TCR
NAT-TCR L. Dicks, Inc. 19.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Anaheim Youth Center 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Allenmore IL 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Viking Pools - TN 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Louisville ORR Protection 37 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.