Transportation · Washington

South Central Region WSDOT

Yakima, WA · ~529 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Central Region WSDOT runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Transportation workplace, earning a grade D.

South Central Region WSDOT: 4.5 TCR = 140% of Transportation BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Central Region WSDOT safety composite

South Central Region WSDOT scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.7

2021→2024

South Central Region WSDOT injury rate improved

South Central Region WSDOT's TCR fell 0.7 from 5.4 in 2021 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.4 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926120 · Yakima, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 140% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO Port of Port Angeles
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 55 inj
  • SIZE ~529 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Port of Port Angeles (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Central Region WSDOT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Central Region WSDOT averages 4.5 TCR (140% of the Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

South Central Region WSDOT TCR series: 2021=5.4 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.2

Where South Central Region WSDOT falls in its industry

208 Transportation establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Transportation employers in Washington.

South Central Region WSDOT (529 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate South Central Region WSDOT
South Central Region WSDOT (529 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6

South Central Region WSDOT has more employees than the Transportation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 4.7 2.4 15 6 0
2023 4.3 2.5 12 7 0
2022 3.6 2.2 11 4 0
2021 5.4 2.4 17 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926120 · WA · Yakima

208 Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 192 employers in Yakima, 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 Port of Port Angeles 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iowa DOT - Waterloo Garage 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR KYTC District 2 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR D3 Materials Laboratory 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE AGC Biologics - Bothell 530 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enersys 530 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tacoma 1949 S STATE ST 530 FTE
STATE-SIZE Global Specialty Fulfillment : UWA5 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yakima Valley Hospital WA 2,748 FTE
CITY-NEAR Borton Fruit 1,473 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yakima County 997 FTE
CITY-NEAR Borton Orchards 918 FTE
NAT-TCR ATG Patriot - Westfield 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR J&D Fertilizer, Ltd. 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dana Kepner Company LLC 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond Community Schools-Starr Elementary 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bartlett Cocke General Contractors 529 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9300 Globe Center Drive CEVA 529 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lear Corporation - Columbia City 529 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plymouth Community School Corporation 529 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.

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

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