Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) · Oregon

Transit Police Department

Portland, OR · ~40 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Transit Police Department runs at 370% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) workplace, earning a grade F.

Transit Police Department: 16.6 TCR = 370% of Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Transit Police Department safety composite

Transit Police Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−2.1

2019→2024

Transit Police Department injury rate improved

Transit Police Department's TCR fell 2.1 from 7.8 in 2019 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 35.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.8 · 2020=35.2 · 2021=17.6 · 2022=22.3 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Portland, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.6 · 370% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #30/30
  • PHOTO Southern Avenue Divi…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern Avenue Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Transit Police Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Transit Police Department averages 16.6 TCR (370% of the Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) BLS benchmark).

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

Transit Police Department TCR series: 2019=7.8 · 2020=35.2 · 2021=17.6 · 2022=22.3 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Transit Police Department falls in its industry

421 Commuter transit systems, mixe establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 30 Commuter transit systems, mixe employers in Oregon.

Transit Police Department (40 employees, TCR 16.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Transit Police Department
Transit Police Department (40 employees, TCR 16.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Transit Police Department has fewer employees than the Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e. median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 5.7 2.9 4 0 0
2023 11.4 9.5 6 0 0
2022 22.3 8.3 8 0 0
2021 17.6 13.2 4 0 0
2020 35.2 14.1 5 0 0
2019 7.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · OR · Portland

421 Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, 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 Southern Avenue Division 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-4032 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4032 CARPENTERS 16.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hazel Dell Orchard, LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avitas Oregon Holdings 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRT Hubbard 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clatskanie People's Utility District 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA 4,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND 3,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000530 3,498 FTE
NAT-TCR D5 Bloomington Yard 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Plumbing & Heating Systems, Inc 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZMIN 16.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ring Container Kankakee 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lyman-Morse Camden 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nosal Builders Inc 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE LivWell Community Health Services, Inc. 40 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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.