Electric power generation, hydroelectric · Washington

Seattle City Light

Seattle, WA · ~1,873 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Seattle City Light runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power generation, hydroelectric workplace, earning a grade F.

Seattle City Light: 3.3 TCR = 278% of Electric power generation, hydroelectric BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Seattle City Light safety composite

Seattle City Light scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.0

2019→2020

Seattle City Light injury rate improved

Seattle City Light's TCR fell 1.0 from 3.8 in 2019 to 2.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.8 · 2020=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221111 · Seattle, WA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 3.3 · 278% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #11/25
  • PHOTO Rock Island Dam (Loc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 95 inj
  • SIZE ~1,873 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rock Island Dam (Location) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Seattle City Light in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Seattle City Light averages 3.3 TCR (278% of the Electric power generation, hydroelectric BLS benchmark).

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

Seattle City Light TCR series: 2019=3.8 · 2020=2.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Seattle City Light falls in its industry

129 Electric power generation, hyd establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 25 Electric power generation, hyd employers in Washington.

Seattle City Light (1,873 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Seattle City Light
Seattle City Light (1,873 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Seattle City Light has more employees than the Electric power generation, hydroelectric median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2020 2.8 2.3 41 0 0
2019 3.8 2.9 54 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221111 · WA · Seattle

129 Electric power generation, hydroelectric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 1,279 employers in Seattle, WA · 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 Rock Island Dam (Location) 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smith Mountain Hydro 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rocky Reach Dam (Location) 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alaska Electric Light & Power 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE FirstFruits Farms 1,885 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2252-00000230 1,847 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clark County Washington 1,906 FTE
STATE-SIZE 600 1,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Seattle 32,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR The United States of America 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starz Entertainment 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW 11,307 FTE
NAT-TCR Ohmapl-Opi-Maple Heights 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus Hospice 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 236 Woonsocket, Ri 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Total Comfort 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2573-MN008 1,873 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dr. P. Phillips Hospital 1,873 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grandview Hospital 1,872 FTE
NAT-SIZE Matthew Warren Inc. 1,874 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.