Child welfare services · Pennsylvania
Valley Youth House
Bethlehem, PA · ~415 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valley Youth House runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Child welfare services workplace, earning a grade C.
Valley Youth House: 4.5 TCR = 119% of Child welfare services BLS 3.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valley Youth House safety composite
Valley Youth House scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
Valley Youth House: 3.9 → 6.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 2473.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2024
Valley Youth House's TCR rose 2.5 from 3.9 in 2017 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2473.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 624110 · Bethlehem, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 119% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #21/29
- PHOTO O'Fallon
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 93 inj
- SIZE ~415 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: O'Fallon (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valley Youth House in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Jewish Communi
Jewish Community Center
4.6 TCR
- This site
Valley Youth House
4.5 TCR
- O'Fallon
O'Fallon
4.5 TCR
- PA015-YAPI-LAC
PA015-YAPI-LACKAWANNA BH, PA015
4.5 TCR
- OFAWMA
OFAWMA
4.5 TCR
What this shows Valley Youth House averages 4.5 TCR (119% of the Child welfare services BLS benchmark).
Valley Youth House TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=5 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=2473.1 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 3.8
Where Valley Youth House falls in its industry
328 Child welfare services establishmentsSafer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 29 Child welfare services employers in Pennsylvania.
Valley Youth House has more employees than the Child welfare services 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 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2473.1 | 537.6 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
624110 · PA · Bethlehem
328 Child welfare services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 358 employers in Bethlehem, 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 | O'Fallon | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PA015-YAPI-LACKAWANNA BH, PA015 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OFAWMA | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jewish Community Center | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Joseph B. Fay Co. | 415 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Godiva Chocolatier | 415 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Magnesita Refractories | 415 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waynesboro | 415 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Hospital | 5,338 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Physician's Group | 3,041 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LVH-Muhlenberg | 2,139 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4087 | 2,105 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | GS Industries of Bassett, Ltd. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hyatt Regency Minneapolis | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Absolute Haitian Corporation | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harsh International Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Nidec Motor Corporation - Mena | 415 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ABF Freight 004 | 415 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Town and Country Resort | 415 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Freedom Plaza SCC | 415 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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