Group foster homes for children · California

New Alternatives, Inc - Esu

San Diego, CA · ~73 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

New Alternatives, Inc - Esu runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Group foster homes for children workplace, earning a grade C.

New Alternatives, Inc - Esu: 4.0 TCR = 104% of Group foster homes for children BLS 3.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New Alternatives, Inc - Esu safety composite

New Alternatives, Inc - Esu scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.2

2018→2024

New Alternatives, Inc - Esu injury rate improved

New Alternatives, Inc - Esu's TCR fell 2.2 from 6.6 in 2018 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.6 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623990 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 104% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #29/91
  • PHOTO Sipe's Orchard Home
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sipe's Orchard Home (0.0 TCR gap)

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New Alternatives, Inc - Esu in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New Alternatives, Inc - Esu averages 4.0 TCR (104% of the Group foster homes for children BLS benchmark).

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

New Alternatives, Inc - Esu TCR series: 2018=6.6 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.8

Where New Alternatives, Inc - Esu falls in its industry

560 Group foster homes for childre establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 91 Group foster homes for childre employers in California.

New Alternatives, Inc - Esu (73 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 6.4 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate New Alternatives, Inc - Esu
New Alternatives, Inc - Esu (73 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 6.4

New Alternatives, Inc - Esu has more employees than the Group foster homes for children median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.4. 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 4.4 2.2 2 0 0
2023 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.7 5.7 3 0 0
2020 5.3 3.6 3 0 0
2019 3.4 0.0 2 0 0
2018 6.6 1.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623990 · CA · San Diego

560 Group foster homes for children employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, CA · 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 Sipe's Orchard Home 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alpine House 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MICH YOUTH CHLLNGE ACAD - DMVA 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ICCS - West 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Columbia 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Location 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE P-R Farms Inc/Palomate Inc 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Regent Die & Tool Co, Inc 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Springfield 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ottumwa Community 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Logoplaste, Chicago 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sun Electric Company of TN Inc 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transportation : Plant City - Trans 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lockheed Martin Corporation US OK Oklahoma City Mid Amerca (2881) 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brewery Products Co. 73 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.