Employer · Alaska

Dept. of Health & Social Services (27)

Name: Dept. of Health & Social Services (27) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fairbanks, AK · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.7
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dept. of Health & Social Services (27) runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

Dept. of Health & Social Services (27): 7.7 TCR = 239% of industry BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dept. of Health & Social Services (27) safety composite

Dept. of Health & Social Services (27) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers
DART rate: F 10.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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 (27): 0.0 → 15.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.43× in 2018

Dept. of Health & Social Services (27)'s TCR rose 15.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 15.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 239% of ind

DART 10.9 DART
RANK #49/53
PHOTO Dept. of Health & So…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dept. of Health & Social Services (55) (0.1 TCR gap)

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8
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7.7
Dept. of Healt

7.7
CAN066-PHFE-CA

7.6
Buncombe Count

7.4

What this shows Dept. of Health & Social Services (27) averages 7.7 TCR (239% of the industry BLS benchmark).

Dept. of Health & Social Services (27) TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=15.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Dept. of Health & Social Services (27) falls in its industry

267 industry establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alaska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 53 industry employers in Alaska.

Dept. of Health & Social Services (27) (30 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Dept. of Health & Social Services (27) 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
2018	15.3	10.9	5	2	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

923120 · AK · Fairbanks

267 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,558 rated employers in Alaska with headcount on file · 161 employers in Fairbanks, AK · 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	Dept. of Health & Social Services (55)	KENAI, AK	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CAN066-PHFE-CAN066	CONCORD, CA	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Buncombe County-Public Health	ASHEVILLE, NC	7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Orange County - Health Department - Medical and Dental Clinics	HILLSBOROUGH, NC	8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Price Gregory Alaska	ANCHORAGE	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Worley Alaska Field Services at ENI Camp Maintenance Projects	PRUDHOE BAY	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Haakenson Electric - Main	ANCHORAGE	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BT Fairbanks	FAIRBANKS	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District	Fairbanks	1,847 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fairbanks Memorial Hospital	Fairbanks	1,324 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tanana Chiefs Conference - All Other	Fairbanks	693 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tanana Chiefs Conference - CAIHC	Fairbanks	463 FTE
NAT-TCR	J.T. Wein, Inc.	Opelousas, LA	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elkhart (Inelk)	Elkhart, IN	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Norristown PA Depot	Norristown, PA	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Home Office - Chicago	Chicago, IL	7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pro Com Roofing Corp.	Warrington, PA	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DSAR Lake	Lake Village, AR	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DSOK Oklahoma	Oklahoma City, OK	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Duncan - Plainfield	Plainfield, IN	30 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: 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.