Human resource consulting services · Tennessee

Human Services - Head Start

Chattanooga, TN · ~199 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Human Services - Head Start runs at 1198% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Human resource consulting services workplace, earning a grade F.

Human Services - Head Start: 6.0 TCR = 1198% of Human resource consulting services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Human Services - Head Start safety composite

Human Services - Head Start scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Human Services - Head Start held a steady TCR band

Human Services - Head Start's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.1 in 2022 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.1 · 2024=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541612 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 1198% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK P7
  • PHOTO Optimae LifeServices…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~199 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Optimae LifeServices - Fort Madison (0.5 TCR gap)

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Human Services - Head Start in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Human Services - Head Start averages 6.0 TCR (1198% of the Human resource consulting services BLS benchmark).

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

Human Services - Head Start TCR series: 2022=6.1 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 0.5

Where Human Services - Head Start falls in its industry

27 Human resource consulting serv establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Human Services - Head Start (199 employees, TCR 6.0) among 6 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 181 employees and a TCR of 0.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 7 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Disney Human Resources Services Co., LLCKing County Human ResourcesSunTrust BuildingAdvantixDisney Human Resources Strategies and Services, LLCLexington Clinic Marketing/Human ResourcesHuman Services - Head Start
Human Services - Head Start (199 employees, TCR 6.0) among 6 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 181 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Human Services - Head Start has more employees than the Human resource consulting services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 5.8 3.3 9 0 0
2022 6.1 6.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541612 · TN · Chattanooga

27 Human resource consulting services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 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 Optimae LifeServices - Fort Madison 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jasen HR Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cameron 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yuma County Human Resources 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hail & Cotton, LLC 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Momentum Memphis (Eykon) 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Transport - 380 380SH 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE FedEx 3885 AIRWAYS BLVD 199 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacksonville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cambria Sales and Distribution Center New York 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 3024 LKQ Keystone (San Jose) 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE FW Walton Houston 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Council Bluffs Case Rdy DC 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Switching Business Unit 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richardson Molding LLC 199 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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