Employer · Alaska

Dept. of Public Safety (40)

Name: Dept. of Public Safety (40) Workplace Safety Data
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Palmer, AK · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.6
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dept. of Public Safety (40) runs at 363% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

Dept. of Public Safety (40): 11.6 TCR = 363% of industry BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dept. of Public Safety (40) safety composite

Dept. of Public Safety (40) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 11.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Dept. of Public Safety (40) held a steady TCR band

Dept. of Public Safety (40)'s TCR held near 0.3 from 11.5 in 2020 to 11.7 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=11.5 · 2021=11.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922120 · Palmer, AK ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.6 · 363% of ind

DART 6.7 DART
RANK #21/21
PHOTO DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERI…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE - PATROL (0.0 TCR gap)

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11.7
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11.7
This site

11.6
DOUGLAS COUNTY

11.6
Police Departm

11.6

What this shows Dept. of Public Safety (40) averages 11.6 TCR (363% of the industry BLS benchmark).

Dept. of Public Safety (40) TCR series: 2020=11.5 · 2021=11.7 · BLS 3.2

Where Dept. of Public Safety (40) falls in its industry

716 industry establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alaska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 21 industry employers in Alaska.

Dept. of Public Safety (40) (36 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5

Dept. of Public Safety (40) has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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	11.7	6.7	7	0	0
2020	11.5	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922120 · AK · Palmer

716 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	DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE - PATROL	ROSEBURG, OR	11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Police Department	CHASKA, MN	11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Police Department	THE DALLES, OR	11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sheriff's Office	KLAMATH FALLS, OR	11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Office	KODIAK	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bristol Prime Contractors, LLC	ANCHORAGE	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Circle Plumbing	ANCHORAGE	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BrandSafway Services, LLC - Anchorage Branch	ANCHORAGE	36 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	Altercare of Alliance	Alliance, OH	11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gilpin Hall-Home for Aged Women	Wilmington, DE	11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	R&J Enterprises INC.	Princton, MN	11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	061/Kingston	Kingston, PA	11.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	113082-Fmy-Downtown Sta	Fort Myers, FL	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RIR - Trash Inc.	Indianapolis, IN	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	183024-Fairfield Po	Fairfield, IA	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Federal Marine Terminals of Albany	Albany, NY	36 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: 2021, 2020. 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.