Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Washington

Highline Water District

Kent, WA · ~34 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Highline Water District runs at 889% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Highline Water District: 10.7 TCR = 889% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highline Water District safety composite

Highline Water District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Highline Water District held a steady TCR band

Highline Water District's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.5 in 2021 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 24.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.5 · 2022=24.8 · 2023=10.9 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Kent, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 889% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #21/22
  • PHOTO Aqua Pennsylvia, Inc…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aqua Pennsylvia, Inc. - White Haven (0.0 TCR gap)

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Highline Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Highline Water District averages 10.7 TCR (889% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Highline Water District TCR series: 2021=3.5 · 2022=24.8 · 2023=10.9 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Highline Water District falls in its industry

727 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 22 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Washington.

Highline Water District (34 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Highline Water District
Highline Water District (34 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Highline Water District has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2024 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2023 10.9 3.6 1 2 0
2022 24.8 24.8 2 5 0
2021 3.5 3.5 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · WA · Kent

727 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 367 employers in Kent, WA · 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 Aqua Pennsylvia, Inc. - White Haven 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Discovery Marketing & Distributing 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington TWP MUA 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration 10.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE M & G Farms Inc 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dobbe Farms, LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benjert Farms Inc 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kettle Falls Logging - WP 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Origin 3,939 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BFI4 2,994 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFI4 2,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR WA006 2,529 FTE
NAT-TCR Dillon 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR John Deere Regional Distribution Center - Portland 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 5678 - Buffalo North 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Teufel Landscape - Corporate 10.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Altium Packaging - Londonderry 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richardson Tree and Landscape Co. Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE S10387 - Clarion County Hauling 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flagler Village Courtyard 34 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.