Public Works - Operations
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SALEM, OR | Water control and quality program administration
~257 avg employees | 9 years of OSHA data
Public Works - Operations has an average TCR of 8.4, which is 264% of the industry average (3.2) for Water control and quality program administration. This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for Public Works - Operations
Public Works - Operations operates an establishment with approximately 257 full-time equivalent workers in SALEM, OR, classified under the Water control and quality program administration industry (NAICS 924110). Across 9 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 115 recordable injuries, 20 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 8.4 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.2 for Water control and quality program administration, Public Works - Operations's workforce experiences 264% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 9 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Public Works - Operations as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Public Works - Operations's own 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 924110 — Water control and quality program administration.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
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.
7 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 510,972 hours worked = 2.74 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Public Works - Operations (this establishment) | 8.45 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 9-year avg |
| Water control and quality program administration industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 924110 |
| Oregon state avg (all industries) | 13.95 | 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 Public Works - Operations 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: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 15 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 16 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 10 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 17 reportable incidents · 17 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 12 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 23 reportable incidents · 16 injuries, 7 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 19 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 7 illnesses, 0 fatalities — 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 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.5 | 6.3 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.4 | 3.7 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.6 | 7.7 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | 13.9 | 6.6 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
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