Employer · Alaska

Dept. of Health & Social Services (57)

Ketchikan, AK · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dept. of Health & Social Services (57) runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.

Dept. of Health & Social Services (57): 2.0 TCR = 61% of industry BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dept. of Health & Social Services (57) safety composite

Dept. of Health & Social Services (57) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.9

2017→2018

Dept. of Health & Social Services (57) injury rate improved

Dept. of Health & Social Services (57)'s TCR fell 3.9 from 3.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.9 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 923120 · Ketchikan, AK AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/53
  • PHOTO Public Health
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Public Health (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dept. of Health & Social Services (57) 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 (57) averages 2.0 TCR (61% 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 (57) TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Dept. of Health & Social Services (57) falls in its industry

267 industry establishments

Safer than 56% 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 #18 safest of 53 industry employers in Alaska.

Dept. of Health & Social Services (57) (42 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 (57)
Dept. of Health & Social Services (57) (42 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Dept. of Health & Social Services (57) has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.9 3.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

923120 · AK · Ketchikan

267 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,558 rated employers in Alaska with headcount on file · 34 employers in Ketchikan, 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 Public Health 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Health & Social Services (54) 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HCA - California Children`s Services 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAS130-PHFE-CAS130 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Umiaq Design 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Remote Alaska Solutions, Inc 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rockford Corporation 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pacific Seafood-Kodiak, LLC dba Island Fish Co. 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ketchikan Medical Center 488 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (85) 389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vigor Industrial 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2710 139 FTE
NAT-TCR Norwich Plant 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SP Richards OKC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Salt-Watkins Glen 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Bay- 06 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Haverhill Ma 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Volvo Logistics Christiansburg Operations Center 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE KWF Orlando, FL 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5058 42 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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