Animal shelters · New Jersey

Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center

Name: Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Blackwood, NJ · ~57 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 37.6
Avg TCR: 2.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center runs at 1790% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal shelters workplace, earning a grade F.

Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center: 37.6 TCR = 1790% of Animal shelters BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center safety composite

Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 37.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−50.0

2018→2020

Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center injury rate improved

Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center's TCR fell 50.0 from 87.6 in 2018 to 37.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 87.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=87.6 · 2020=37.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812910 · Blackwood, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 37.6 · 1790% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK P0
PHOTO Animal Control
BOOK 2y book
INJ 78 inj
SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Animal Control (8.3 TCR gap)

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37.6
Animal Control

29.3
Wisconsin Huma

25.9
Dorchester Paw

25.8
WAG HOTELS - W

25.5

What this shows Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center averages 37.6 TCR (1790% of the Animal shelters BLS benchmark).

Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center TCR series: 2018=87.6 · 2020=37.6 · BLS 2.1

Where Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center falls in its industry

65 Animal shelters establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 15.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center (57 employees, TCR 37.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8

Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center has more employees than the Animal shelters median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 15.8. 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
2020	37.6	1.6	46	0	0
2018	87.6	8.2	32	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812910 · NJ · Blackwood

65 Animal shelters employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 28 employers in Blackwood, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Animal Control	BLOOMINGTON, IN	29.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wisconsin Humane Society - Kenosha Campus	KENOSHA, WI	25.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dorchester Paws	SUMMERVILLE, SC	25.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WAG HOTELS - West Sacramento	WEST SACRAMENTO, CA	25.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	5472-NAI-0034-0034-03615	CHATHAM	57 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HG211	MARLTON	57 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6458-ZNWK	NEWARK	57 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WAWA SITE - 794	LANOKA HARBOR	57 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Manufacturing Building	Blackwood	633 FTE
CITY-NEAR	JPC Group Inc	Blackwood	348 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McCloskey Mechanical Contractors Inc.	Blackwood	220 FTE
CITY-NEAR	A.P. Construction Incorporated	Blackwood	166 FTE
NAT-TCR	Rockland Facility	Rockland, ME	30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	048 Juvenile Detention Center	Peoria, IL	30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center	Christiansted, VI	30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kemper Moving Systems	Huntsville, AL	30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Michigan Cat Lansing	Lansing, MI	57 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mother of Perpetual Help	St. Louis, MO	57 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lino Finatti, Jr.	Salinas, CA	57 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Granite Ledges of Concord	Concord, NH	57 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: 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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