Elementary and secondary schools · California
Creative Alternatives School
Fresno, CA · ~39 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.2
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Creative Alternatives School runs at 1088% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.
Creative Alternatives School: 15.2 TCR = 1088% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Creative Alternatives School safety composite
Creative Alternatives School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 15.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% 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
Creative Alternatives School: 8.5 → 17.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 26.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.46× in 2024
Creative Alternatives School's TCR rose 9.0 from 8.5 in 2019 to 17.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 26.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611110 · Fresno, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 15.2 · 1088% of ind
- DART 7.0 DART
- RANK #55/63
- PHOTO JOHN J POLARIS CENTER
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~39 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: JOHN J POLARIS CENTER (0.1 TCR gap)
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Creative Alternatives School in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- JOHN J POLARIS
JOHN J POLARIS CENTER
15.3 TCR
- This site
Creative Alternatives School
15.2 TCR
- Richfield Midd
Richfield Middle School
15.2 TCR
- Bridges at Wyn
Bridges at Wynnsong
15.1 TCR
- WATERVILLE ELY
WATERVILLE ELYSIAN MORRISTOWN ISD 2143
15.1 TCR
What this shows Creative Alternatives School averages 15.2 TCR (1088% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).
Creative Alternatives School TCR series: 2019=8.5 · 2020=5.3 · 2022=18.1 · 2023=26.6 · 2024=17.5 · BLS 1.4
Where Creative Alternatives School falls in its industry
3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 63 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in California.
Creative Alternatives School has fewer employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 | 17.5 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 26.6 | 15.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 18.1 | 3.6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
611110 · CA · Fresno
3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 981 employers in Fresno, 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 | JOHN J POLARIS CENTER | 15.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Richfield Middle School | 15.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bridges at Wynnsong | 15.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WATERVILLE ELYSIAN MORRISTOWN ISD 2143 | 15.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | San Felipe Farms | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schreiner Brothers Farms | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TLC Custom Farming Company LLC | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sonoma Valley Vineyards | 39 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | County of Fresno | 7,553 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ag Force LLC | 6,430 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Community Regional Medical Ctr | 5,549 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Community Regional Medical Center | 4,921 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hazard Regional Medical Center | 15.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Coney Island - 7 & Mack | 15.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Technical Die-Casting, Inc. | 15.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bristol Regional Hospital | 15.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Preferred Construction Services, Inc. | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vineland NJ FXFE-VNL | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 11701 Missouri Bottom Road | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 9840 W Milwaukee Ave | 39 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.