General services departments, government · Washington

Seattle Department of Transportation

Seattle, WA · ~1,114 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Seattle Department of Transportation runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade C.

Seattle Department of Transportation: 3.6 TCR = 112% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Seattle Department of Transportation safety composite

Seattle Department of Transportation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−0.6

2021→2024

Seattle Department of Transportation injury rate improved

Seattle Department of Transportation's TCR fell 0.6 from 3.6 in 2021 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.6 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Seattle, WA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 112% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #13/28
  • PHOTO Mariposa County
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 119 inj
  • SIZE ~1,114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mariposa County (0.0 TCR gap)

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Seattle Department of Transportation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Seattle Department of Transportation averages 3.6 TCR (112% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

Seattle Department of Transportation TCR series: 2021=3.6 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.2

Where Seattle Department of Transportation falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 28 General services departments, employers in Washington.

Seattle Department of Transportation (1,114 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Seattle Department of Transportation
Seattle Department of Transportation (1,114 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Seattle Department of Transportation has more employees than the General services departments, government median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 3.0 1.3 27 6 0
2023 3.4 1.8 30 8 0
2022 4.4 2.8 29 12 0
2021 3.6 2.9 33 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · WA · Seattle

1,496 General services departments, government 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 Mariposa County 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR State of Illinois Central management Services 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CITY OF ST CLAIR SHORES CITY HALL 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Center 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - BFI5 1,104 FTE
STATE-SIZE UW Tacoma 1,104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avista Mission 1,099 FTE
STATE-SIZE Skyline Family Medicine- White Salmon 1,097 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 2229 - St Paul Midway 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Miles Chemical Company - Arleta 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Star Lumber Truss Wichita 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Steiner Kelting 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0551 - Fridley MN DC 1,114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oswego Hospital 1,114 FTE
NAT-SIZE CLARO / PRT - Roosevelt 1513 & 1515 1,114 FTE
NAT-SIZE 416609-Pittsburgh Pa P&Dc 1,114 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.