Parks and recreation commission, government · Oregon

Public Works - Parks

Salem, OR · ~77 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works - Parks runs at 351% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Parks and recreation commission, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works - Parks: 11.2 TCR = 351% of Parks and recreation commission, government BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works - Parks safety composite

Public Works - Parks scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Public Works - Parks: 6.3 → 19.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 23.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2023

Public Works - Parks's TCR rose 12.8 from 6.3 in 2016 to 19.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 23.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Salem, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 351% of ind

  • DART 14.3 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO West region HQ const…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: West region HQ construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works - Parks in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works - Parks averages 11.2 TCR (351% of the Parks and recreation commission, government BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works - Parks TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=10.8 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=16.1 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=23.9 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=19.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Works - Parks falls in its industry

413 Parks and recreation commissio establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Parks and recreation commissio employers in Oregon.

Public Works - Parks (77 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works - Parks
Public Works - Parks (77 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Public Works - Parks has more employees than the Parks and recreation commission, governm median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2023 19.1 14.3 7 1 0
2022 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2021 23.9 4.3 10 1 0
2020 4.6 4.6 2 0 0
2019 16.1 4.6 7 0 0
2018 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2017 10.8 4.3 5 0 0
2016 6.3 3.1 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · OR · Salem

413 Parks and recreation commission, government 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 West region HQ construction 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Phoenix E70 Parks&Rec 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Natural Resources (25) 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Of Meriden Park & Rec 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oregon Roses, Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Halsey 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Junction City 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE O'Brien and Company LLC 77 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 J R Tharpe Trucking 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR BSI, LLC Fireplace 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR APC North 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Concord Care Center at Cortland 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hendrick Professional Center 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milliken Hatch 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE RAL-HRP-RALEIGH 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regional Maintenance Facility- Interceptor Services 77 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: 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.