Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) · Washington

King County Metro Transit

Name: King County Metro Transit Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Seattle, WA · ~5,565 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 12.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

King County Metro Transit runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) workplace, earning a grade F.

King County Metro Transit: 12.3 TCR = 273% of Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

King County Metro Transit safety composite

King County Metro Transit scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 12.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers
DART rate: F 10.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

King County Metro Transit: 11.7 → 14.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 14.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2023

King County Metro Transit's TCR rose 2.8 from 11.7 in 2019 to 14.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485113 · Seattle, WA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 273% of ind

DART 10.1 DART
RANK #6/6
PHOTO Keolis Transit America
BOOK 5y book
INJ 2,593 inj
SIZE ~5,565 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Keolis Transit America (0.1 TCR gap)

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12.3
Keolis Transit

12.3
2662-9015

12.2
6091-168

12.1
Coach USA/Subu

11.8

What this shows King County Metro Transit averages 12.3 TCR (273% of the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS benchmark).

King County Metro Transit TCR series: 2019=11.7 · 2020=10 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=12.9 · 2023=14.6 · BLS 4.5

Where King County Metro Transit falls in its industry

332 Bus transit systems (except mi establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Bus transit systems (except mi employers in Washington.

King County Metro Transit (5,565 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3

King County Metro Transit has more employees than the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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	14.6	10.1	643	33
2022	12.9	9.5	549	36
2021	12.3	10.0	499	51
2020	10.0	8.0	423	35
2019	11.7	8.9	479	93

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485113 · WA · Seattle

332 Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 1,279 employers in Seattle, WA · 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	Keolis Transit America	VAN NUYS, CA	12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2662-9015	NEWARK, CA	12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6091-168	BALTIMORE, MD	12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Coach USA/Suburban Trails	NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ	11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SHS, First Hill Campus	SEATTLE	5,523 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Seattle Base Alaska	SEATTLE	5,612 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2252-00000210	SEATTLE	5,785 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WA642 SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER-SPOKANE HR	SPOKANE	5,062 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UW Seattle	Seattle	32,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The United States of America	Seattle	25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Starz Entertainment	Seattle	25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW	Seattle	11,307 FTE
NAT-TCR	4223-M5800	Cedar Rapids, IA	12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	New Braunfels Dirt Cheap	New Braunfels, TX	12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Champion Beverage Distributors, LLC	Augusta, GA	12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Minneapolis MN	Oakdale, MN	12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Marysville Auto Plant	Marysville, OH	5,559 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital-AnnArbor	Ann Arbor, MI	5,575 FTE
NAT-SIZE	WellStar Kennestone Hospital	Marietta, GA	5,581 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mayo Clinic Arizona (Hospital)	Phoenix, AZ	5,588 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, 2019. 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.