Correctional institutions · Arizona

Az Department of Corrections

Buckeye, AZ · ~1,162 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Az Department of Corrections runs at 372% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade F.

Az Department of Corrections: 11.9 TCR = 372% of Correctional institutions BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Az Department of Corrections safety composite

Az Department of Corrections scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

Az Department of Corrections: 10.5 → 13.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 13.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2019

Az Department of Corrections's TCR rose 2.8 from 10.5 in 2018 to 13.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Buckeye, AZ ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 11.9 · 372% of ind

  • DART 10.5 DART
  • RANK #56/58
  • PHOTO Kinross Correctional…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 183 inj
  • SIZE ~1,162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kinross Correctional Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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Az Department of Corrections in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Az Department of Corrections averages 11.9 TCR (372% of the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Az Department of Corrections TCR series: 2018=10.5 · 2019=13.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Az Department of Corrections falls in its industry

482 Correctional institutions establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 58 Correctional institutions employers in Arizona.

Az Department of Corrections (1,162 employees, TCR 11.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Az Department of Corrections
Az Department of Corrections (1,162 employees, TCR 11.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Az Department of Corrections has more employees than the Correctional institutions median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2019 13.3 10.5 91 26 0
2018 10.5 8.7 92 23 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · AZ · Buckeye

482 Correctional institutions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 82 employers in Buckeye, AZ · 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 Kinross Correctional Facility 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bridgeport Corretional Center 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR State of California - 065 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 4701-675 1,147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon Transportation Services : AZA5 1,190 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASPC-Lewis 1,134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tucson Police Department 1,192 FTE
CITY-NEAR AZ State Prison Complex - Lewis 1,334 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6031 964 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6031 935 FTE
CITY-NEAR Funko Buckeye 550 FTE
NAT-TCR Countryside Manor of Bristol 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gaston Rentals, Inc. 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 11360 Northeast Avenue 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery 11.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Matrix North American Construction 1,162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Steel Group 1,162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smith + Nephew Inc. Goodlett Farms Cordova TN. 1,162 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Carolina Department of Information Technology 1,162 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: 2019, 2018. 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.