Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) · Arizona
City of Tempe
Tempe, AZ · ~2,862 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
City of Tempe runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) workplace, earning a grade F.
City of Tempe: 7.3 TCR = 228% of Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Tempe safety composite
City of Tempe scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 34% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 3% 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
City of Tempe: 6.6 → 7.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024
City of Tempe's TCR rose 1.1 from 6.6 in 2019 to 7.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 921110 · Tempe, AZ ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 228% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #34/39
- PHOTO Town of Collierville
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 772 inj
- SIZE ~2,862 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Town of Collierville (0.0 TCR gap)
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City of Tempe in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City of Tempe
7.3 TCR
- Town of Collie
Town of Collierville
7.3 TCR
- City of Baker
City of Baker City
7.3 TCR
- City of Walker
City of Walker
7.3 TCR
- BULLITT COUNTY
BULLITT COUNTY FISCAL COURT
7.3 TCR
What this shows City of Tempe averages 7.3 TCR (228% of the Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) BLS benchmark).
City of Tempe TCR series: 2019=6.6 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=8 · 2023=6 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 3.2
Where City of Tempe falls in its industry
1,010 Executive offices, federal, st establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 39 Executive offices, federal, st employers in Arizona.
City of Tempe has more employees than the Executive offices, federal, state, and l median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.6 | 3.0 | 142 | 6 | 1 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 111 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 141 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 128 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 136 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 114 | 5 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
921110 · AZ · Tempe
1,010 Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 569 employers in Tempe, 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 | Town of Collierville | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Baker City | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Walker | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BULLITT COUNTY FISCAL COURT | 7.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SHEA MEDICAL CTR CAMPUS | 2,881 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station | 2,816 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SUPPORT SERVICES CAMPUS | 2,800 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - GYR3 | 2,718 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SALT RIVER PROJECT DISTRICT VALLEY | 4,655 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 202376 | 4,627 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley Plants and Offices | 4,518 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IES Communications, LLC | 3,432 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ellison Bakery LLC | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 62054 - Capstone Us Foods Port Orange Fl | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Citizens Medical Ctr | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 0695 - Cool Springs | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - DET3 | 2,861 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gacor - Ups Corporate Offices | 2,861 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spotsylvania County Schools | 2,863 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | California Department of Transportation Facility 111 | 2,859 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.