Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · Virginia
Police Department
Suffolk, VA · ~253 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Police Department runs at 262% 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: 8.4 TCR = 262% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Police Department safety composite
Police Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 8.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Police Department: 5.1 → 8.2 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 16.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2023
Police Department's TCR rose 3.1 from 5.1 in 2016 to 8.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Suffolk, VA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 262% of ind
- DART 6.9 DART
- RANK #24/39
- PHOTO Van Buren Charter To…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 117 inj
- SIZE ~253 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Van Buren Charter Township (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
8.4 TCR
- Van Buren Char
Van Buren Charter Township
8.4 TCR
- Jail
Jail
8.4 TCR
- Police Departm
Police Department
8.4 TCR
- Police
Police
8.4 TCR
What this shows Police Department averages 8.4 TCR (262% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
Police Department TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=10.6 · 2021=16.1 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=8.2 · BLS 3.2
Where Police Department falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 39 Police departments (except Ame employers in Virginia.
Police Department has more employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.5 | 4.9 | 17 | 12 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16.1 | 10.7 | 25 | 14 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · VA · Suffolk
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 161 employers in Suffolk, VA · 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 | Van Buren Charter Township | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jail | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police Department | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police | 8.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Brothers Paving & Concrete | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Global Safety Textiles | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | C014 Norfolk | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 3772 | 253 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - ORF3 | 3,196 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3841 - UDC-Suffolk | 1,700 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3841 - Suffolk UDC | 1,478 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sentara Obici Hospital | 1,384 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Acme United Corp DMT Marlborough, MA | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BDL Bradley Airport Hartford | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | South Shore Health 60 Winter Street | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hanna Fairfield | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Moses Lake Clinic | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jefferson | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 801 - Tipp City Perishables | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Honeywell Intelligrated | 253 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.