Employer · Alaska

Dept. of Natural Resources (20)

Name: Dept. of Natural Resources (20) Workplace Safety Data
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Palmer, AK · ~117 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 7.4
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dept. of Natural Resources (20) runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

Dept. of Natural Resources (20): 7.4 TCR = 164% of industry BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dept. of Natural Resources (20) safety composite

Dept. of Natural Resources (20) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−4.3

2018→2023

Dept. of Natural Resources (20) injury rate improved

Dept. of Natural Resources (20)'s TCR fell 4.3 from 9.6 in 2018 to 5.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=16.4 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115310 · Palmer, AK ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.4 · 164% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #5/6
PHOTO Korbel, CA
BOOK 5y book
INJ 40 inj
SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Korbel, CA (0.1 TCR gap)

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Korbel, CA

7.5
This site

7.4
Bella Wildfire

7
QUICKSILVER CO

7
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7

What this shows Dept. of Natural Resources (20) averages 7.4 TCR (164% of the industry BLS benchmark).

Dept. of Natural Resources (20) TCR series: 2018=9.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=16.4 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=5.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Dept. of Natural Resources (20) falls in its industry

84 industry establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alaska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 industry employers in Alaska.

Dept. of Natural Resources (20) (117 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Dept. of Natural Resources (20) has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023	5.3	0.0	7	1
2022	5.5	0.7	8	0
2021	16.4	1.5	15	7
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0
2018	9.6	4.8	10	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115310 · AK · Palmer

84 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Korbel, CA	KORBEL, CA	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bella Wildfire & Forestry, Inc.	WEIMAR, CA	7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	QUICKSILVER CONTRACTING CO	BEND, OR	7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dept. of Natural Resources (10)	FAIRBANKS, AK	7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AWWU Headquarters	ANCHORAGE	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6400-SWY 0027 1818	KETCHIKAN	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hot Wire, LLC	ANCHORAGE	118 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sitka Sound Seafoods	SITKA	118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	Palmer	2,784 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mat-Su Borough School District	Palmer	2,660 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc.	Palmer	285 FTE
CITY-NEAR	701-00649	Palmer	269 FTE
NAT-TCR	Northshore Ems LLC	Bogalusa, LA	7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	GPC NAPA Autoparts DC	Des Moines, IA	7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Food City 104	Phoenix, AZ	7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Les Schwab Tire Center-Moses Lake	Moses Lake, WA	7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Solugen, Inc.	Houston, TX	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Allied Power Services - Exelon, Byron Station	Byron, IL	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Independence Square	Albuquerque, NM	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dart Container Lodi	Lodi, CA	117 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, 2021, 2020, 2018. 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.