Child welfare services · New York
Foster Care
Utica, NY · ~71 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Foster Care runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Child welfare services workplace, earning a grade C.
Foster Care: 3.2 TCR = 83% of Child welfare services BLS 3.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Foster Care safety composite
Foster Care scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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
Foster Care: 4.7 → 6.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2024
Foster Care's TCR rose 1.6 from 4.7 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 624110 · Utica, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 83% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #14/22
- PHOTO NYSTLW-YAPI-SAINT LA…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~71 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NYSTLW-YAPI-SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY NY (0.0 TCR gap)
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Foster Care in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Foster Care
3.2 TCR
- Indiana Depart
Indiana Department of Child Services - Putnam County
3.2 TCR
- Boys and Girls
Boys and Girls Club of the Valley
3.2 TCR
- NYSTLW-YAPI-SA
NYSTLW-YAPI-SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY NY
3.1 TCR
- SC186-YAPI-GRE
SC186-YAPI-GREENVILLE BH, SC186
3.1 TCR
What this shows Foster Care averages 3.2 TCR (83% of the Child welfare services BLS benchmark).
Foster Care TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=1.6 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.8
Where Foster Care falls in its industry
328 Child welfare services establishmentsSafer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 22 Child welfare services employers in New York.
Foster Care has more employees than the Child welfare services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
624110 · NY · Utica
328 Child welfare services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 148 employers in Utica, NY · 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 | NYSTLW-YAPI-SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY NY | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SC186-YAPI-GREENVILLE BH, SC186 | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Indiana Department of Child Services - Putnam County | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Boys and Girls Club of the Valley | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PATCHOGUE-NY68 | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gilbane Building Company Albany | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rodriguez Construction Group, Inc. | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Iroquois Bar Corp | 71 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Resource Center for Independent Living | 3,351 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Faxton St. Lukes | 1,727 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St Elizabeth Medical Center | 1,324 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Utica University | 915 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Antigo Construction, Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Qrp - Stl | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dallas | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SYGMA-Florida | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Headlee Roofing | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Town & Country Market - Lakemont | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | FCC Construction Inc. | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Embraer Defense and Security, Inc. | 71 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.