Home health care agencies · Ohio
Alternate Solutions
Kettering, OH · ~1,012 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 5.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Alternate Solutions runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Home health care agencies workplace, earning a grade C.
Alternate Solutions: 4.9 TCR = 94% of Home health care agencies BLS 5.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Alternate Solutions safety composite
Alternate Solutions scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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
Alternate Solutions: 4.4 → 5.4 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2019
Alternate Solutions's TCR rose 1.1 from 4.4 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621610 · Kettering, OH AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 4.9 · 94% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #93/131
- PHOTO Hospice & Palliatice…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 141 inj
- SIZE ~1,012 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hospice & Palliatice Care Lake Norman (0.0 TCR gap)
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Alternate Solutions in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Alternate Solutions
4.9 TCR
- Hospice & Pall
Hospice & Palliatice Care Lake Norman
4.9 TCR
- Patriot Care
Patriot Care
4.9 TCR
- Hospice Buffal
Hospice Buffalo, Inc.
4.9 TCR
- IQHC Austin MN
IQHC Austin MN
4.9 TCR
What this shows Alternate Solutions averages 4.9 TCR (94% of the Home health care agencies BLS benchmark).
Alternate Solutions TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=5.4 · BLS 5.2
Where Alternate Solutions falls in its industry
3,635 Home health care agencies establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #93 safest of 131 Home health care agencies employers in Ohio.
Alternate Solutions has more employees than the Home health care agencies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621610 · OH · Kettering
3,635 Home health care agencies employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 42 employers in Kettering, OH · 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 | Hospice & Palliatice Care Lake Norman | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Patriot Care | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hospice Buffalo, Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | IQHC Austin MN | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fort Hamilton Hospital | 1,011 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lutheran Hospital | 1,010 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Parsec Hobart | 1,009 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 432 | 1,016 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kettering Medical Center | 5,259 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3638-K | 3,317 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ASHN | 1,048 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Victoria's Secret Direct Call Center | 910 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bergkamp Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stoneworks LTD - FL | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Copper and Brass Sales - Rochester | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Union Tank Car Company - Muscatine, IA | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amzl : Dch4 | 1,012 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kansas City (Kskan) | 1,012 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tri-Star Skyline Medical Center | 1,012 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nemacolin | 1,012 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.