Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities · California
Better Way Services, Inc.
Bakersfield, CA · ~51 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Better Way Services, Inc. runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities workplace, earning a grade C.
Better Way Services, Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 93% of Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities BLS 3.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Better Way Services, Inc. safety composite
Better Way Services, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
−7.5
2018→2024
Better Way Services, Inc. injury rate improved
Better Way Services, Inc.'s TCR fell 7.5 from 7.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=7.5 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 624120 · Bakersfield, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 93% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #85/230
- PHOTO Community Interface …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~51 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Community Interface services (0.0 TCR gap)
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Better Way Services, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Better Way Services, Inc.
3.5 TCR
- Community Inte
Community Interface services
3.5 TCR
- Palmetto Healt
Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Shandon
3.5 TCR
- Cottonwood Cou
Cottonwood County Developmental Achievement Center
3.5 TCR
- Divine House I
Divine House Inc. - Detroit Lakes
3.5 TCR
What this shows Better Way Services, Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (93% of the Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities BLS benchmark).
Better Way Services, Inc. TCR series: 2018=7.5 · 2019=5 · 2020=5 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.8
Where Better Way Services, Inc. falls in its industry
1,320 Activity centers for disabled establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 230 Activity centers for disabled employers in California.
Better Way Services, Inc. has fewer employees than the Activity centers for disabled persons, t median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
624120 · CA · Bakersfield
1,320 Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 818 employers in Bakersfield, CA · 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 | Community Interface services | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Shandon | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cottonwood County Developmental Achievement Center | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Divine House Inc. - Detroit Lakes | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Robert Young Vineyards | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | H&W Vineyards | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Huber Farms Inc | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Taylor Brothers Farms Inc | 51 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA Bakersfield | 4,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA-04 | 4,525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 | 4,113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Esparza Enterprises, Inc | 3,267 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | BAS Walls & Ceilings LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mechanicsburg, PA - 100 Fry Drive | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pioneer Fellowship House | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Holiday Inn Express Phoenix Airport | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Parklane Elementary | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thomas Erie | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spring Valley | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Larch Farm | 51 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.