Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system · Oregon

Public Works Wastewater Division

Eugene, OR · ~84 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works Wastewater Division runs at 825% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works Wastewater Division: 9.9 TCR = 825% of Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS 1.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works Wastewater Division safety composite

Public Works Wastewater Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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 9.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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 Wastewater Division: 5.5 → 14.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 28.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.95× in 2022

Public Works Wastewater Division's TCR rose 8.6 from 5.5 in 2016 to 14.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 28.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · Eugene, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 825% of ind

  • DART 9.4 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO Wastewater Treatment…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wastewater Treatment Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works Wastewater Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works Wastewater Division averages 9.9 TCR (825% of the Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works Wastewater Division TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=10 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=28.3 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=14.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Public Works Wastewater Division falls in its industry

400 Collection, treatment, and dis establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Collection, treatment, and dis employers in Oregon.

Public Works Wastewater Division (84 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works Wastewater Division
Public Works Wastewater Division (84 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Public Works Wastewater Division has more employees than the Collection, treatment, and disposal of w median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2022 14.1 9.4 4 5 0
2021 4.4 4.4 2 1 0
2020 28.3 28.3 2 0 0
2019 4.2 2.8 3 0 0
2018 10.0 5.7 7 0 0
2017 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2016 5.5 4.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · OR · Eugene

400 Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 466 employers in Eugene, 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 Wastewater Treatment Plant 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maintenance and Operations Facility 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Maintenance Facility 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR JCO, Inc. 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blooming Nursery 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oregon City Operations Center 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE KNIFE RIVER - FARMINGTON 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brix Paving Northwest Inc. 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR MATT KNIGHT ARENA 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hult Center for the Performing Arts 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHMG PHOR Clinics 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHMC at University District 564 FTE
NAT-TCR 0315 - Wharton Nj Whse 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Works Department 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Piling Solutions 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0034-0034-03786 9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE IGH 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Etais Food Inc 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE PHS - Orchard Path 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE PHS - Walnut Ridge 84 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: 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.