Elementary and secondary schools · Maryland

Head Start

Baltimore, MD · ~182 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Head Start runs at 697% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Head Start: 9.8 TCR = 697% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Head Start safety composite

Head Start scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.8

2017→2021

Head Start injury rate improved

Head Start's TCR fell 9.8 from 16.7 in 2017 to 6.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.7 · 2018=14.4 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Baltimore, MD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 697% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #15/15
  • PHOTO BLDG, GROUNDS, CUSTO…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 65 inj
  • SIZE ~182 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BLDG, GROUNDS, CUSTODIAL & WAREHOUSE - WCS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Head Start in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Head Start averages 9.8 TCR (697% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Head Start TCR series: 2017=16.7 · 2018=14.4 · 2019=5 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=6.9 · BLS 1.4

Where Head Start falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 15 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Maryland.

Head Start (182 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Head Start
Head Start (182 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Head Start has more 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
2021 6.9 4.6 9 0 0
2020 5.8 1.4 8 0 0
2019 5.0 2.1 7 0 0
2018 14.4 3.6 19 1 0
2017 16.7 3.0 22 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MD · Baltimore

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 1,031 employers in Baltimore, MD · 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 BLDG, GROUNDS, CUSTODIAL & WAREHOUSE - WCS 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Madison 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Humphrey Elementary 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Windom Area Elementary 9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Manders Decorating Company, Inc. 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith & Nephew Columbia MD 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAI-0034-0034-03602 FAC-03602-BETHESDA-MD 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1295 - Greenbelt 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johns Hopkins Hospital 12,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Maryland Medical Center 7,980 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 7,770 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGMS-T340 6,180 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Effingham Fire Department 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Chelsea at Manalapan 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Drury Plaza Hotel - Milwaukee Downtown 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1906 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Skilled facilty 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spring Creek Healthcare 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mount Pleasant 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE USLO 182 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.