Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms control · Arizona
Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510)
Phoenix, AZ · ~3,223 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 6
- Fatalities
The verdict
Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510) runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms control workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 6
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510)'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.9 to the Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms control BLS benchmark of 3.2 (247% of benchmark) across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510)'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.2 industry benchmark.
Where Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510) falls in its industry
750 Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms establishmentsSafer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 29 Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms employers in Arizona.
Trend analysis for Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510)
Between 2019 and 2024, Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510)'s Total Case Rate improved from 6.8 to 5.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 19% decrease across 5 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 5.5, while 2020 saw the highest rate, at 16.3, a spread of 10.8 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 6 reporting years, Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510) recorded 1,093 total injuries and illnesses and 6 fatalities. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 6-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 1,093 injuries, 340 illnesses, and 6 fatalities shown on this page for Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510) are sourced from its own 6 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 922120 - Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms control.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
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.
130 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 5,768,454 hours worked = 4.51 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510) (this establishment) | 7.91 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 922120 |
| Arizona state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | 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 Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510) 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.
- 2024: 159 reportable incidents · 155 injuries, 4 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 161 reportable incidents · 160 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 168 reportable incidents · 163 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 224 reportable incidents · 201 injuries, 20 illnesses, 3 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 511 reportable incidents · 203 injuries, 306 illnesses, 2 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 216 reportable incidents · 211 injuries, 4 illnesses, 1 fatality - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 155 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 160 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 163 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 201 | 20 | 3 |
| 2020 | 16.3 | 14.1 | 203 | 306 | 2 |
| 2019 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 211 | 4 | 1 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510)'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms control peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 247% of the Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms control benchmark, Maricopa County - Sheriff (500/ 510) reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms control 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.