Water control and quality program administration · Oregon

Public Works - Operations

Salem, OR · ~257 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works - Operations runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water control and quality program administration workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works - Operations: 8.4 TCR = 264% of Water control and quality program administration BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works - Operations safety composite

Public Works - Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−9.2

2016→2024

Public Works - Operations injury rate improved

Public Works - Operations's TCR fell 9.2 from 13.9 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.9 · 2017=12.6 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=8.4 · 2023=9.5 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924110 · Salem, OR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 264% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO City Of Meriden Wate…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 115 inj
  • SIZE ~257 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City Of Meriden Water Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works - Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works - Operations averages 8.4 TCR (264% of the Water control and quality program administration BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works - Operations TCR series: 2016=13.9 · 2017=12.6 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=8.4 · 2023=9.5 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Works - Operations falls in its industry

131 Water control and quality prog establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Water control and quality prog employers in Oregon.

Public Works - Operations (257 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works - Operations
Public Works - Operations (257 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Public Works - Operations has more employees than the Water control and quality program admini median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 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

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924110 · OR · Salem

131 Water control and quality program administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 471 employers in Salem, OR · 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 City Of Meriden Water Department 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works Department 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maintenance Center 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Phoenix G80 Water Serv 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Region 1-Flanders 257 FTE
STATE-SIZE Portland Main 257 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dillard Plywood 257 FTE
STATE-SIZE Core-Mark Portland 257 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oregon State Hospital-Salem Campus 2,036 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PDX7 1,559 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chemeketa Community College 1,551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Human Service Building ODHS 1,402 FTE
NAT-TCR Uintah Store 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohio Aluminum Industries 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SSA Gulf - Port Arthur 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kansas City, MO 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arkema Inc. Calvert City Plant 257 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scott Bridge Company, Inc. 257 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walker, Inc. 257 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Eagle #0010 257 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.