Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · Maryland
Charles County Sheriff's Office
La Plata, MD · ~639 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Charles County Sheriff's Office runs at 350% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade F.
Charles County Sheriff's Office: 11.2 TCR = 350% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Charles County Sheriff's Office safety composite
Charles County Sheriff's Office scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 11.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 5.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−4.4
2017→2024
Charles County Sheriff's Office injury rate improved
Charles County Sheriff's Office's TCR fell 4.4 from 12.4 in 2017 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 18.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=12.4 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=8.0 · 2021=18.0 · 2022=15.1 · 2023=9.5 · 2024=8.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · La Plata, MD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 350% of ind
- DART 5.2 DART
- RANK #7/9
- PHOTO Town of Waterford Po…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 384 inj
- SIZE ~639 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Town of Waterford Police Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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Charles County Sheriff's Office in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Charles County Sheriff's Office
11.2 TCR
- Town of Waterf
Town of Waterford Police Department
11.2 TCR
- ILLINOIS PUBLI
ILLINOIS PUBLIC RISK FUND
11.2 TCR
- Police
Police
11.2 TCR
- Police Departm
Police Department
11.2 TCR
What this shows Charles County Sheriff's Office averages 11.2 TCR (350% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
Charles County Sheriff's Office TCR series: 2017=12.4 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=8 · 2021=18 · 2022=15.1 · 2023=9.5 · 2024=8 · BLS 3.2
Where Charles County Sheriff's Office falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Police departments (except Ame employers in Maryland.
Charles County Sheriff's Office has more employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 | 8.0 | 5.2 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 51 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15.1 | 11.6 | 47 | 36 | 0 |
| 2021 | 18.0 | 16.2 | 45 | 45 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 31 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.2 | 6.3 | 46 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.4 | 5.7 | 51 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.4 | 8.1 | 67 | 5 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · MD · La Plata
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 26 employers in La Plata, MD · 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 | Town of Waterford Police Department | 11.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ILLINOIS PUBLIC RISK FUND | 11.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police | 11.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police Department | 11.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | LINTHICUM_1441083 | 638 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WASHINGTON NDC_1434471 | 637 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corporate Office | 637 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MO East - BETHESDA MD | 636 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Charles County Government | 1,751 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center | 756 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2853 | 307 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2853 | 282 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Town of Waterford Police Department | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Goldenwood Truss Corp. | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jackson-Cook, Lc | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0694 Creve Coeur | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ASCO Power Technologies | 639 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kingston Technology, Inc. | 639 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Greenwich Terminals LLC | 639 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Titanium Metals Corporation - TIMET | 639 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.