Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities · Pennsylvania
The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties
Bethlehem, PA · ~721 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 15
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties's OSHA Total Case Rate of 0.8 to the Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities BLS benchmark of 3.8 (22% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.8 industry benchmark.
Where The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties falls in its industry
1,535 Activity centers for disabled establishmentsSafer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 170 Activity centers for disabled employers in Pennsylvania.
Trend analysis for The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties
Between 2021 and 2024, The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties's Total Case Rate worsened from 0.5 to 1.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 217% increase across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 1.7, a spread of 1.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties recorded 15 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 15 injuries shown on this page for The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties are sourced from its own 4 years of 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 624120 - Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
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.
8 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 954,771 hours worked = 1.68 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties (this establishment) | 0.83 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Self-help organizations for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities industry avg | 3.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 624120 |
| Pennsylvania state avg (all industries) | 5.06 | 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 The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties 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: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 0 reportable incidents · 0 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)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 22% of the Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities benchmark, The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.