Public defenders' offices · Washington

King County Public Defense

Seattle, WA · ~481 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

King County Public Defense runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Public defenders' offices workplace, earning a grade A.

King County Public Defense: 0.8 TCR = 26% of Public defenders' offices BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

King County Public Defense safety composite

King County Public Defense scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2019→2022

King County Public Defense injury rate improved

King County Public Defense's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922130 · Seattle, WA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P66
  • PHOTO Kingman County Attor…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~481 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kingman County Attorney Building (0.0 TCR gap)

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King County Public Defense in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows King County Public Defense averages 0.8 TCR (26% of the Public defenders' offices BLS benchmark).

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

King County Public Defense TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.2

Where King County Public Defense falls in its industry

92 Public defenders' offices establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
King County Public Defense (481 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate King County Public Defense
King County Public Defense (481 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.2

King County Public Defense has more employees than the Public defenders' offices median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.9 0.0 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.5 0.3 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922130 · WA · Seattle

92 Public defenders' offices 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Kingman County Attorney Building 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DA OCDA 801 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Phoenix B15 City Attny 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PDS2 - PUBLIC DEFENSE SERVICES 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Flat Top Ranch 481 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olds 481 FTE
STATE-SIZE Navos 481 FTE
STATE-SIZE Funko, LLC HQ 480 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Seattle 32,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR The United States of America 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starz Entertainment 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW 11,307 FTE
NAT-TCR 650 - Virginia Beach 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 720 - Durham 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR McNeil Health Care, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ortho Molecular Products Woodstock Office 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tenneco Smithville 481 FTE
NAT-SIZE Epiroc Drilling Solutions - Garland PC 481 FTE
NAT-SIZE CGI Windows and Doors, Inc. 481 FTE
NAT-SIZE IPLSIN01 481 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.