Other Building Material Dealers · Alaska

Palmer AK Yard

Palmer, AK · ~32 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palmer AK Yard runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Other Building Material Dealers workplace, earning a grade D.

Palmer AK Yard: 4.8 TCR = 141% of Other Building Material Dealers BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmer AK Yard safety composite

Palmer AK Yard scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.0

2017→2024

Palmer AK Yard injury rate improved

Palmer AK Yard's TCR fell 6.0 from 6.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 16.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.0 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=16.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444180 · Palmer, AK ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 141% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO Union Gap
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Union Gap (0.1 TCR gap)

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Palmer AK Yard in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmer AK Yard averages 4.8 TCR (141% of the Other Building Material Dealers BLS benchmark).

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

Palmer AK Yard TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=16.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Palmer AK Yard falls in its industry

280 Other Building Material Dealer establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alaska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Other Building Material Dealer employers in Alaska.

Palmer AK Yard (32 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Palmer AK Yard
Palmer AK Yard (32 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Palmer AK Yard has fewer employees than the Other Building Material Dealers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 16.8 13.5 5 0 0
2022 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 9.2 6.1 3 0 0
2017 6.0 6.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444180 · AK · Palmer

280 Other Building Material Dealers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,558 rated employers in Alaska with headcount on file · 64 employers in Palmer, AK · 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 Union Gap 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Punta Gorda FL Yard 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schertz TX Yard 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bunnell FL Yard 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aurora Energy Power Plant 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora Energy, LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silver Mountain Construction Alaska 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alaska Resource Group LLC 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District 2,784 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mat-Su Borough School District 2,660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc. 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR 701-00649 269 FTE
NAT-TCR Bills Superette #8 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden State Construction & Framing 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR C041 Fort Wayne 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Graniteville Specialty Fabrics 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hattiesburg MS Yard 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huntertown IN Yard 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Verona VA Yard 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ft Worth TX Yard 32 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.