Child group foster homes · California
TLC Child and Family Services
Sebastopol, CA · ~102 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
TLC Child and Family Services runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Child group foster homes workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 11
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares TLC Child and Family Services's OSHA Total Case Rate of 5.4 to the Child group foster homes BLS benchmark of 3.8 (142% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
TLC Child and Family Services's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.8 industry benchmark.
Where TLC Child and Family Services falls in its industry
624 Child group foster homes establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 99 Child group foster homes employers in California.
Trend analysis for TLC Child and Family Services
Between 2017 and 2023, TLC Child and Family Services's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 0.0 to 13.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 0% change across 6 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 13.1, a spread of 13.1 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, TLC Child and Family Services recorded 11 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 11 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for TLC Child and Family Services 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 623990 - Child group foster homes.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
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.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 107,033 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| TLC Child and Family Services (this establishment) | 5.41 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Boys' and girls' residential facilities (e.g., homes, ranches, villages) industry avg | 3.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 623990 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | 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 TLC Child and Family Services 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.
- 2023: 7 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 0 reportable incidents · 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.1 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on TLC Child and Family Services's reported OSHA injury record versus its Child group foster homes peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 142% of the Child group foster homes benchmark, TLC Child and Family Services reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Child group foster homes 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.