Employer · Alaska

Dept. of Health & Social Services (18)

Bethel, AK · ~18 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dept. of Health & Social Services (18) runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

Dept. of Health & Social Services (18): 6.1 TCR = 191% of industry BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dept. of Health & Social Services (18) safety composite

Dept. of Health & Social Services (18) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Dept. of Health & Social Services (18): 0.0 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 21.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2021

Dept. of Health & Social Services (18)'s TCR rose 3.4 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 21.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 923120 · Bethel, AK ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 191% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #45/53
  • PHOTO Minnesota Department…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Minnesota Department of Health - Rochester Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dept. of Health & Social Services (18) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dept. of Health & Social Services (18) averages 6.1 TCR (191% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Dept. of Health & Social Services (18) TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=21.1 · 2021=3.4 · BLS 3.2

Where Dept. of Health & Social Services (18) falls in its industry

267 industry establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alaska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 53 industry employers in Alaska.

Dept. of Health & Social Services (18) (18 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Dept. of Health & Social Services (18)
Dept. of Health & Social Services (18) (18 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Dept. of Health & Social Services (18) has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021 3.4 3.4 0 1 0
2019 21.1 10.5 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

923120 · AK · Bethel

267 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,558 rated employers in Alaska with headcount on file · 16 employers in Bethel, AK · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Minnesota Department of Health - Rochester Office 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LifeWays 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR County of Ventura Health Care Agency Administration 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Health 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cannery Creek Hatchery 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOA AWWU Ship Creek Water Treatment Facility 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alaska Headquarters 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE F-E Contracting, Inc. 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dept. of Corrections (8) 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4238-347 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dept. of Health & Social Services (17) 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dept. of Corrections (9) 29 FTE
NAT-TCR 83 - Schofield Diamond Kote 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Carehaven of Pleasants 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Volkswagen of Duluth 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MAX Aerostructures 6.1 TCR

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: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.