Jails (except private operation of) · Indiana
Howard County Sheriff's Department
Kokomo, IN · ~394 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Howard County Sheriff's Department runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Jails (except private operation of) workplace, earning a grade F.
Howard County Sheriff's Department: 6.6 TCR = 207% of Jails (except private operation of) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Howard County Sheriff's Department safety composite
Howard County Sheriff's Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 54% 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
−7.2
2017→2024
Howard County Sheriff's Department injury rate improved
Howard County Sheriff's Department's TCR fell 7.2 from 7.8 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=7.8 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=4.9 · 2022=15.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922140 · Kokomo, IN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 207% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK P43
- PHOTO IDOC - 6th District …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 75 inj
- SIZE ~394 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: IDOC - 6th District (Stratton Center) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Howard County Sheriff's Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Howard County Sheriff's Department
6.6 TCR
- IDOC - 6th Dis
IDOC - 6th District (Stratton Center)
6.6 TCR
- Wake County De
Wake County Detention Center
6.6 TCR
- Maloney CTSD
Maloney CTSD
6.6 TCR
- CITRUS COUNTY
CITRUS COUNTY
6.6 TCR
What this shows Howard County Sheriff's Department averages 6.6 TCR (207% of the Jails (except private operation of) BLS benchmark).
Howard County Sheriff's Department TCR series: 2017=7.8 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=4.9 · 2022=15.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.2
Where Howard County Sheriff's Department falls in its industry
482 Jails (except private operatio establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.
Howard County Sheriff's Department has more employees than the Jails (except private operation of) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15.6 | 5.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.1 | 3.7 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922140 · IN · Kokomo
482 Jails (except private operation of) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 145 employers in Kokomo, IN · 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 | IDOC - 6th District (Stratton Center) | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wake County Detention Center | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maloney CTSD | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CITRUS COUNTY | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fukai Toyotetsu Indiana Corporation | 394 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1026 | 394 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gary, Indiana | 394 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greenway Waste & Recycling | 394 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kokomo Transmission Plant | 3,289 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles- Indiana Transmission Plant 1 | 1,590 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Indiana Transmission Plant 1 | 1,545 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kokomo Casting Plant | 1,267 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Isd #550 | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Portland Nursery-Division | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Branch 31 | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Newport Avenue Market | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tall Grass Creek | 394 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Essentia Virginia Hospital | 394 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Barriere Construction Co., L.L.C. | 394 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Haugland Energy Group LLC | 394 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.