Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · California

Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division

Los Angeles, CA · ~334 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
28.7
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division runs at 897% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade F.

Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division: 28.7 TCR = 897% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division safety composite

Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 28.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−3.1

2017→2024

Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division injury rate improved

Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division's TCR fell 3.1 from 28.1 in 2017 to 25.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 50.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=28.1 · 2018=25.4 · 2019=33.7 · 2020=50.1 · 2023=31.2 · 2024=25.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922120 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 28.7 · 897% of ind

  • DART 12.8 DART
  • RANK #97/97
  • PHOTO Los Angeles Police D…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 428 inj
  • SIZE ~334 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Los Angeles Police Department, Harbor Division (0.4 TCR gap)

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Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division averages 28.7 TCR (897% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).

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

Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division TCR series: 2017=28.1 · 2018=25.4 · 2019=33.7 · 2020=50.1 · 2023=31.2 · 2024=25 · BLS 3.2

Where Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division falls in its industry

716 Police departments (except Ame establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #97 safest of 97 Police departments (except Ame employers in California.

Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division (334 employees, TCR 28.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5 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 0200400600 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division
Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division (334 employees, TCR 28.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5

Los Angeles Police Department, Southwest Division has more employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 25.0 12.8 64 14 0
2023 31.2 15.8 79 16 0
2020 50.1 36.0 72 67 0
2019 33.7 12.4 80 18 0
2018 25.4 10.7 64 10 0
2017 28.1 13.7 69 9 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922120 · CA · Los Angeles

716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 2,064 employers in Los Angeles, CA · 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 Los Angeles Police Department, Harbor Division 28.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Police Department 27.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Rock Falls - Police Department 29.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Yakima Police Department 27.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Arce Farm Labor Services, Inc. 334 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 356 334 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pharmavite - San Fernando 334 FTE
STATE-SIZE General Atomics - Poway - A26 334 FTE
CITY-NEAR Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. 50,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Los Angeles 40,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR LADWP 11,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 10,346 FTE
NAT-TCR 252518-Det-Northwestern Sta 28.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0519 Portland 28.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pls, LLC 28.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Parks & Recreation - Parks Maintenance Div 28.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clinic-College Station Region 334 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chalfont Pa 334 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kautex Avilla 334 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Eagle #6550 334 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.