Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · North Carolina
Police Department
Durham, NC · ~623 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Police Department runs at 351% 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.
Police Department: 11.2 TCR = 351% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Police Department safety composite
Police Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 11.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% 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
−27.0
2016→2024
Police Department injury rate improved
Police Department's TCR fell 27.0 from 35.9 in 2016 to 8.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 35.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=35.9 · 2017=11.8 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=8.2 · 2024=8.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 351% of ind
- DART 4.4 DART
- RANK #39/49
- PHOTO Town of Waterford Po…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 532 inj
- SIZE ~623 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Town of Waterford Police Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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Police Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Police Department
11.2 TCR
- Town of Waterf
Town of Waterford Police Department
11.2 TCR
- Charles County
Charles County Sheriff's Office
11.2 TCR
- ILLINOIS PUBLI
ILLINOIS PUBLIC RISK FUND
11.2 TCR
- Police
Police
11.2 TCR
What this shows Police Department averages 11.2 TCR (351% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
Police Department TCR series: 2016=35.9 · 2017=11.8 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=6 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=8.2 · 2024=8.8 · BLS 3.2
Where Police Department falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 49 Police departments (except Ame employers in North Carolina.
Police Department 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 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.2 | 3.1 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.8 | 7.3 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 35.9 | 21.9 | 174 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · NC · Durham
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 | Town of Waterford Police Department | 11.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Charles County Sheriff's Office | 11.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ILLINOIS PUBLIC RISK FUND | 11.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police | 11.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | US Foods Raleigh | 623 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | John H. Baker, Jr., Public Safety Center | 623 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Meritor Fletcher | 622 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maiden Upholstery Division | 624 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Duke University | 23,871 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Duke University Hospital | 11,048 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BCBSNC Telecommuters | 3,033 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wolfspeed - Durham, NC | 3,013 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Clearvista Lake | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Milestone Construction LLC | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Sioux Falls SD | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Global Metal Recycling, Inc. | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sargent Manufacturing | 623 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. | 623 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Unlimited Care, Inc. Poughkeepsie, NY | 623 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Enersys | 623 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.