Lawn maintenance services · Pennsylvania

Center for the Blind and Disabled

Chester, PA · ~43 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Center for the Blind and Disabled runs at 276% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lawn maintenance services workplace, earning a grade F.

Center for the Blind and Disabled: 12.4 TCR = 276% of Lawn maintenance services BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Center for the Blind and Disabled safety composite

Center for the Blind and Disabled scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−12.0

2019→2024

Center for the Blind and Disabled injury rate improved

Center for the Blind and Disabled's TCR fell 12.0 from 12.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 28.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=12.0 · 2020=8.7 · 2023=28.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Chester, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.4 · 276% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #110/122
  • PHOTO 1004121411
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1004121411 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Center for the Blind and Disabled in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Center for the Blind and Disabled averages 12.4 TCR (276% of the Lawn maintenance services BLS benchmark).

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

Center for the Blind and Disabled TCR series: 2019=12 · 2020=8.7 · 2023=28.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Center for the Blind and Disabled falls in its industry

2,875 Lawn maintenance services establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #110 safest of 122 Lawn maintenance services employers in Pennsylvania.

Center for the Blind and Disabled (43 employees, TCR 12.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Center for the Blind and Disabled
Center for the Blind and Disabled (43 employees, TCR 12.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Center for the Blind and Disabled has fewer employees than the Lawn maintenance services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 28.9 28.9 1 0 0
2020 8.7 8.7 1 1 0
2019 12.0 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · PA · Chester

2,875 Lawn maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 45 employers in Chester, PA · 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 1004121411 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parks & Recreation 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SunCo Grounds Management 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Landscaping Company 12.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm Fresh Egg Products (FFEP) 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Panda Hummel Station, LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE 435-NiSource-New Castle PA 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builders Inc 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harrah's Philadelphia Casino Racetrack 1,017 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Access Network 941 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHRG PHL/HQ 826 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHRG HQ 680 FTE
NAT-TCR Lifecare Inc., DBA Friendship Village 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Santa Clara Marriott 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DOB4 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Framecom, Inc. dba FC Framing 12.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Heritage Woods of Ottawa 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Built Mfg. LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE TownePlace Suites Liberty Station 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCR Electrical Contractors, Inc. 43 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: 2024, 2023, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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