Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) · Pennsylvania

KDS

Scranton, PA · ~22 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.3
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KDS runs at 614% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) workplace, earning a grade F.

KDS: 23.3 TCR = 614% of Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KDS safety composite

KDS scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 23.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−34.7

2018→2024

KDS injury rate improved

KDS's TCR fell 34.7 from 41.8 in 2018 to 7.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 41.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=41.8 · 2019=14.8 · 2020=17.6 · 2023=35.3 · 2024=7.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624310 · Scranton, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 23.3 · 614% of ind

  • DART 7.2 DART
  • RANK #109/109
  • PHOTO Salem Goodwill Store
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Salem Goodwill Store (0.2 TCR gap)

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KDS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KDS averages 23.3 TCR (614% of the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS benchmark).

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

KDS TCR series: 2018=41.8 · 2019=14.8 · 2020=17.6 · 2023=35.3 · 2024=7.2 · BLS 3.8

Where KDS falls in its industry

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #109 safest of 109 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor employers in Pennsylvania.

KDS (22 employees, TCR 23.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate KDS
KDS (22 employees, TCR 23.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

KDS has fewer employees than the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experien median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 7.2 7.2 1 0 0
2023 35.3 21.2 5 0 0
2020 17.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 14.8 7.4 4 0 0
2018 41.8 16.7 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624310 · PA · Scranton

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 156 employers in Scranton, PA · 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 Salem Goodwill Store 23.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omaha ARC 23.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FE Warren Air Force Base 22.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Day Hab - Watch 22.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dawson's Orchards 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kuhn Orchards, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Giorgi Mushroom Farm 3 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Hope 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Geisinger Community Medical Center 1,910 FTE
CITY-NEAR GCMC - MAIN CAMPUS 1,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allied Services S.N.C 665 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allied Services Rehab Hospital 580 FTE
NAT-TCR Denny's 7760 23.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Palihotel Melrose 23.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Point Bickford 23.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Duo Safety Ladder Corporation 23.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spring Hill Suites Sugar Land 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kellogg Supply Company, Inc. - Duck Location 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hayden Station Fire Company 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 025 Springfield 22 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, 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.