General services departments, government · Washington

City of Yakima Public Works Department

Yakima, WA · ~199 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Yakima Public Works Department runs at 245% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Yakima Public Works Department: 7.8 TCR = 245% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Yakima Public Works Department safety composite

City of Yakima Public Works Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

City of Yakima Public Works Department held a steady TCR band

City of Yakima Public Works Department's TCR held near 0.3 from 10.0 in 2019 to 9.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.0 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=9.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Yakima, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 245% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #21/28
  • PHOTO Dir Office - Public …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~199 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dir Office - Public Works (CON-0120) (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Yakima Public Works Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Yakima Public Works Department averages 7.8 TCR (245% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

City of Yakima Public Works Department TCR series: 2019=10 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=9.7 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Yakima Public Works Department falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 28 General services departments, employers in Washington.

City of Yakima Public Works Department (199 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Yakima Public Works Department
City of Yakima Public Works Department (199 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Yakima Public Works Department has more employees than the General services departments, government median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2022 9.7 8.0 10 7 0
2021 6.4 0.0 12 3 0
2020 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2019 10.0 9.4 15 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · WA · Yakima

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 192 employers in Yakima, WA · 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 Dir Office - Public Works (CON-0120) 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Decatur County 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Police Department 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Chicago Ridge 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sierra Pacific Industries-Burlington 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schenk Packing Co., Inc. 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2947 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sakuma Bros Farms 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yakima Valley Hospital WA 2,748 FTE
CITY-NEAR Borton Fruit 1,473 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yakima County 997 FTE
CITY-NEAR Borton Orchards 918 FTE
NAT-TCR First Quality Plumbing 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0017-0017-01963 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 245032-New Bedford Po 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 556768-Ranson Po 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bettcher 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE 056316-Rancho Cucamonga Po 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE 053594-Huntington Beach Po 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Uniform Color Company 199 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.