Employer · Alaska

Dept. of Corrections (30)

Palmer, AK · ~54 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dept. of Corrections (30) runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

Dept. of Corrections (30): 5.0 TCR = 155% of industry BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dept. of Corrections (30) safety composite

Dept. of Corrections (30) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

TCR Δ

−16.3

2017→2023

Dept. of Corrections (30) injury rate improved

Dept. of Corrections (30)'s TCR fell 16.3 from 18.1 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Palmer, AK ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 155% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #28/33
  • PHOTO Sussex I State Prison
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sussex I State Prison (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dept. of Corrections (30) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dept. of Corrections (30) averages 5.0 TCR (155% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Dept. of Corrections (30) TCR series: 2017=18.1 · 2018=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Dept. of Corrections (30) falls in its industry

482 industry establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alaska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 33 industry employers in Alaska.

Dept. of Corrections (30) (54 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 Dept. of Corrections (30)
Dept. of Corrections (30) (54 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Dept. of Corrections (30) has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower 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
2023 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 18.1 7.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · AK · Palmer

482 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,558 rated employers in Alaska with headcount on file · 64 employers in Palmer, AK · 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 Sussex I State Prison 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CORPUS CHRISTI TRANS CTR 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAI -- BOSTON AVENUE 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR LA PALMA CORRECTIONAL CENTER 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Anchorage Distribution Center 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE GHEMM Company 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1025 Anchorage 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE First Student Juneau 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District 2,784 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mat-Su Borough School District 2,660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc. 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR 701-00649 269 FTE
NAT-TCR Capitol Drive 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grady General Hospital 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tuffy's Pet Foods 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4031 GARDENA, CA 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Commodity Forwarders Inc. (HNL-5813) 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE KB Home Tucson 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vibracoustic USA, Inc. Carmi Mixing Division 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodland/Alloy Casting, Inc 54 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: 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017. 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.