Head start programs, separate from schools · California

Shasta Head Start

Name: Shasta Head Start Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Redding, CA · ~271 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Shasta Head Start runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Head start programs, separate from schools workplace, earning a grade D.

Shasta Head Start: 6.3 TCR = 167% of Head start programs, separate from schools BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shasta Head Start safety composite

Shasta Head Start scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Shasta Head Start: 3.8 → 8.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2018

Shasta Head Start's TCR rose 5.0 from 3.8 in 2017 to 8.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624410 · Redding, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 167% of ind

DART 5.4 DART
RANK #12/21
PHOTO CREC Headstart Progr…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 27 inj
SIZE ~271 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CREC Headstart Program - CREC South (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kid Start Dans

6.4
This site

6.3
CREC Headstart

6.3
School Age Enr

6.3
Central Admini

6.3

What this shows Shasta Head Start averages 6.3 TCR (167% of the Head start programs, separate from schools BLS benchmark).

Shasta Head Start TCR series: 2017=3.8 · 2018=8.8 · BLS 3.8

Where Shasta Head Start falls in its industry

272 Head start programs, separate establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 21 Head start programs, separate employers in California.

Shasta Head Start (271 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Shasta Head Start has more employees than the Head start programs, separate from schoo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2018	8.8	5.4	18	0	0
2017	3.8	2.1	9	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624410 · CA · Redding

272 Head start programs, separate from schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 207 employers in Redding, CA · 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	CREC Headstart Program - CREC South	HARTFORD, CT	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	School Age Enrichment YMCA Child Care	PORTLAND, OR	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Central Administration	PATCHOGUE, NY	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kid Start Dansville	DANSVILLE, NY	6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Trinity Packing Company Inc. Plant 1	REEDLEY	271 FTE
STATE-SIZE	RIVERMAID TRADING COMPANY	LODI	271 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Otis Elevator Company-San Francisco	SAN FRANCISCO	271 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Command Packaging	VERNON	271 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6403-64030151	Redding	1,894 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center Redding	Redding	1,789 FTE
CITY-NEAR	64030151-151001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	Redding	1,704 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2643-64030151-151001	Redding	1,662 FTE
NAT-TCR	The Fresh Market 044	Marietta, GA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Bridge at Columbia	Columbia, TN	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Linc 0371 (Smyrna - F)	Smyrna, TN	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #62 (Great Falls, MT)	Great Falls, MT	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Integrated Anesthesia Associates LLC	East Hartford, CT	271 FTE
NAT-SIZE	#623 West Long Branch Shoprite	West Long Branch, NJ	271 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital	Hartford, CT	271 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dodge City Healthcare Group LLC	Dodge City, KS	271 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: 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.