Employer · Alaska
Dept. of Health & Social Services (2)
Anchorage, AK · ~200 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dept. of Health & Social Services (2) runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 20
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Dept. of Health & Social Services (2)'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.5 to the industry BLS benchmark of 3.2 (79% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Dept. of Health & Social Services (2)'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.2 industry benchmark.
Where Dept. of Health & Social Services (2) falls in its industry
327 industry establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.
Narrower to Alaska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 62 industry employers in Alaska.
Trend analysis for Dept. of Health & Social Services (2)
Between 2017 and 2021, Dept. of Health & Social Services (2)'s Total Case Rate improved from 2.5 to 0.6 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 77% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 0.6, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 5.2, a spread of 4.6 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, Dept. of Health & Social Services (2) recorded 20 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 20 injuries, 2 illnesses shown on this page for Dept. of Health & Social Services (2) are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 923120 - industry classification.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 347,672 hours worked = 0.58 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Dept. of Health & Social Services (2) (this establishment) | 2.53 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Health program administration industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 923120 |
| Alaska state avg (all industries) | 3.88 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Dept. of Health & Social Services (2) to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 5 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Dept. of Health & Social Services (2)'s reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its industry peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 79% of the industry benchmark, Dept. of Health & Social Services (2) reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider industry sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.