State of Indiana DCS - Grant County
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MARION, IN | Child welfare services
~49 avg employees | 5 years of OSHA data
State of Indiana DCS - Grant County has an average TCR of 2.9, which is 77% of the industry average (3.8) for Child welfare services. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for State of Indiana DCS - Grant County
State of Indiana DCS - Grant County operates an establishment with approximately 49 full-time equivalent workers in MARION, IN, classified under the Child welfare services industry (NAICS 624110). Across 5 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 7 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.9 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the B letter grade (Good Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.8 for Child welfare services, State of Indiana DCS - Grant County's workforce experiences 77% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 5 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating State of Indiana DCS - Grant County as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from State of Indiana DCS - Grant County's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 624110 — Child welfare services.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 91,650 hours worked = 2.18 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State of Indiana DCS - Grant County (this establishment) | 2.92 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Child welfare services industry avg | 3.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 624110 |
| Indiana state avg (all industries) | 21.66 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by State of Indiana DCS - Grant County to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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