Waste management program administration · Washington

Department of Ecology

Name: Department of Ecology Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lacey, WA · ~1,688 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Department of Ecology runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Waste management program administration workplace, earning a grade C.

Department of Ecology: 3.1 TCR = 96% of Waste management program administration BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Department of Ecology safety composite

Department of Ecology scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

Department of Ecology held a steady TCR band

Department of Ecology's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.9 in 2019 to 3.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.9 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924110 · Lacey, WA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 96% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #10/11
PHOTO SJVAPCD - Fresno
BOOK 4y book
INJ 182 inj
SIZE ~1,688 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SJVAPCD - Fresno (0.1 TCR gap)

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Municipal Util

3.5
This site

3.1
SJVAPCD - Fres

3.1
Environmental-

2.7
OCWR Headquart

2.6

What this shows Department of Ecology averages 3.1 TCR (96% of the Waste management program administration BLS benchmark).

Department of Ecology TCR series: 2019=3.9 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=3.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Department of Ecology falls in its industry

131 Waste management program admin establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Waste management program admin employers in Washington.

Department of Ecology (1,688 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Department of Ecology has more employees than the Waste management program administration median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2022	3.8	3.1	62	1
2021	2.5	2.5	37	0
2020	2.2	2.2	31	0
2019	3.9	3.9	52	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924110 · WA · Lacey

131 Waste management program administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 105 employers in Lacey, WA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SJVAPCD - Fresno	FRESNO, CA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Environmental-Pollution Control	SAN DIEGO, CA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Municipal Utilities - Water Department	ANKENY, IA	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OCWR Headquarters	SANTA ANA, CA	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Zones, LLC	AUBURN	1,684 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City of Bellevue	BELLEVUE	1,697 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SHS, Cherry Hill Campus	SEATTLE	1,719 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MultiCare Deaconess Hospital	SPOKANE	1,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Headquarters	Lacey	980 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Olympic Region WSDOT	Lacey	701 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - OLM1	Lacey	679 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Harbor Wholesale (LDC)	Lacey	406 FTE
NAT-TCR	Rover Community Transportation	Downingtown, PA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	1102 - Tramonto	Phoenix, AZ	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	640 - Rocky Hill	Rocky Hill, CT	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	268 - Woodbridge	Woodbridge, VA	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Webcor Builders	Alameda, CA	1,688 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Aloha Campus	Hillsboro, OR	1,688 FTE
NAT-SIZE	West Virginia's Choice, Inc.	Morgantown, WV	1,689 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NJ0533CV3	Basking Ridge, NJ	1,689 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.