Election boards · Washington
King County Elections
Seattle, WA · ~556 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
King County Elections runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Election boards workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 7
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares King County Elections's OSHA Total Case Rate of 1.7 to the Election boards BLS benchmark of 3.2 (54% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
King County Elections's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.2 industry benchmark.
Where King County Elections falls in its industry
1,747 Election boards establishmentsSafer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 35 Election boards employers in Washington.
Trend analysis for King County Elections
Between 2020 and 2023, King County Elections's Total Case Rate improved from 2.3 to 2.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 9% decrease across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 1.1, while 2020 saw the highest rate, at 2.3, a spread of 1.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, King County Elections recorded 7 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 7 injuries shown on this page for King County Elections are sourced from its own 4 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 921190 - Election boards.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 188,358 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| King County Elections (this establishment) | 1.72 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Civil rights commissions industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 921190 |
| Washington state avg (all industries) | 6.20 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by King County Elections to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on King County Elections's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Election boards peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 54% of the Election boards benchmark, King County Elections reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Election boards sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.