Child welfare services · Indiana

State of Indiana DCS - Wells County

Bluffton, IN · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

State of Indiana DCS - Wells County runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Child welfare services workplace, earning a grade A.

State of Indiana DCS - Wells County: 1.9 TCR = 50% of Child welfare services BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

State of Indiana DCS - Wells County safety composite

State of Indiana DCS - Wells County scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

State of Indiana DCS - Wells County: 0.0 → 5.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

State of Indiana DCS - Wells County's TCR rose 5.7 from 0.0 in 2020 to 5.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624110 · Bluffton, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/35
  • PHOTO IL158-YAPI-COOK COUN…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IL158-YAPI-COOK COUNTY AP, IL158 (0.0 TCR gap)

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State of Indiana DCS - Wells County in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows State of Indiana DCS - Wells County averages 1.9 TCR (50% of the Child welfare services BLS benchmark).

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

State of Indiana DCS - Wells County TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.8

Where State of Indiana DCS - Wells County falls in its industry

328 Child welfare services establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 35 Child welfare services employers in Indiana.

State of Indiana DCS - Wells County (20 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate State of Indiana DCS - Wells County
State of Indiana DCS - Wells County (20 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.3

State of Indiana DCS - Wells County has fewer employees than the Child welfare services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 5.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624110 · IN · Bluffton

328 Child welfare services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 38 employers in Bluffton, IN · 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 IL158-YAPI-COOK COUNTY AP, IL158 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CORA Services Fox Chase 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arizona's Children Association 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MD074-YAPI-BALTIMORE COUNTY AP,MD074 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hoosierland Pork 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interstate Family Farm, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corydon Growout 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE HVA P&C Inc. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR K181-D181 1,022 FTE
CITY-NEAR 181-DC181 964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hersheys Salty Snacks 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bluffton Motor Works, LLC 358 FTE
NAT-TCR Desert Isles Inc 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Rose & a Flc 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR R.W. Raddatz, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Coating 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 1352 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newnan GA 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Astroseal Products Mfg. Corp. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE C&R Remodeling 20 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, 2021, 2020. 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.