Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) · Indiana

The Hope Source, Inc.

Indianapolis, IN · ~124 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Hope Source, Inc. runs at 316% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) workplace, earning a grade F.

The Hope Source, Inc.: 12.0 TCR = 316% of Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Hope Source, Inc. safety composite

The Hope Source, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.2

2021→2024

The Hope Source, Inc. injury rate improved

The Hope Source, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 24.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.2 · 2022=24.3 · 2023=21.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624110 · Indianapolis, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 316% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #35/35
  • PHOTO 280 - Brown County Y…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~124 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 280 - Brown County Youth (0.1 TCR gap)

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The Hope Source, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Hope Source, Inc. averages 12.0 TCR (316% of the Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) BLS benchmark).

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

The Hope Source, Inc. TCR series: 2021=2.2 · 2022=24.3 · 2023=21.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.8

Where The Hope Source, Inc. falls in its industry

328 Aid to families with dependent establishments

Safer than 6% 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 #35 safest of 35 Aid to families with dependent employers in Indiana.

The Hope Source, Inc. (124 employees, TCR 12.0) 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 The Hope Source, Inc.
The Hope Source, Inc. (124 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.3

The Hope Source, Inc. has more employees than the Aid to families with dependent children median and a higher 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 21.5 0.0 26 0 0
2022 24.3 9.7 24 1 0
2021 2.2 1.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624110 · IN · Indianapolis

328 Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, 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 280 - Brown County Youth 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walker 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 581947 383800_HSI COMMUNITY BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS_I 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milford Campus 12.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Citizens Energy Group-Gas Ops 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Leaf, Inc. 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berry Global - Fremont, IN 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Viking Plastics Scottsburg 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana University Health, Inc 7,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center 6,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lilly Technology Center 6,472 FTE
NAT-TCR Merrill Gardens at West Covina 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Martinson Construction 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0365 - Okemos 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 2489 - Brooksville 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Five Points CA CA 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1633 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE R+L Carriers - WLR 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elanco Winslow 124 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.