Head start programs, separate from schools · Pennsylvania

The West Center

Phila, PA · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The West Center runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Head start programs, separate from schools workplace, earning a grade B.

The West Center: 2.0 TCR = 52% of Head start programs, separate from schools BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The West Center safety composite

The West Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

The West Center: 0.1 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

The West Center's TCR rose 3.9 from 0.1 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624410 · Phila, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/10
  • PHOTO Kinderberry Hill #08
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kinderberry Hill #08 (0.0 TCR gap)

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The West Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The West Center averages 2.0 TCR (52% of the Head start programs, separate from schools BLS benchmark).

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

The West Center TCR series: 2016=0.1 · 2017=3.9 · BLS 3.8

Where The West Center falls in its industry

272 Head start programs, separate establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 10 Head start programs, separate employers in Pennsylvania.

The West Center (40 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate The West Center
The West Center (40 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 4.7

The West Center has more employees than the Head start programs, separate from schoo median and a lower 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
2017 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624410 · PA · Phila

272 Head start programs, separate from schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 8 employers in Phila, PA · 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 Kinderberry Hill #08 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boys & Girls Clubs Oklahoma County 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freeborn County 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 301503 KINDERCARE 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CNB Mushroom, LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASA Mushroom LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Conard-Pyle Co. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coastal Greenhouses, LLC -PA 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gift of Life Donor Program 294 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bala Nursing Center 268 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newman & Company 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR United State Recycling, Inc. 67 FTE
NAT-TCR N and R of Springfield East LLC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0209 - Augusta, Ga 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Rapids Campus 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nexeo Solutions - Fairfield 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Land Jet Inc 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Odessa LLC 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE RailWorks Transit 63rd Street 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5029 St. Joseph Hospital 40 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: 2017, 2016. 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.