Police and fire departments, combined · Washington

Vancouver Police Dept West

Vancouver, WA · ~165 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vancouver Police Dept West runs at 401% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police and fire departments, combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Vancouver Police Dept West: 12.8 TCR = 401% of Police and fire departments, combined BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vancouver Police Dept West safety composite

Vancouver Police Dept West scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−12.3

2018→2020

Vancouver Police Dept West injury rate improved

Vancouver Police Dept West's TCR fell 12.3 from 17.9 in 2018 to 5.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=17.9 · 2019=15.1 · 2020=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922120 · Vancouver, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 401% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO Los Angeles Police D…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~165 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Los Angeles Police Department, Communications Division Metropolitan (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vancouver Police Dept West in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vancouver Police Dept West averages 12.8 TCR (401% of the Police and fire departments, combined BLS benchmark).

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

Vancouver Police Dept West TCR series: 2018=17.9 · 2019=15.1 · 2020=5.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Vancouver Police Dept West falls in its industry

716 Police and fire departments, c establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Police and fire departments, c employers in Washington.

Vancouver Police Dept West (165 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Vancouver Police Dept West
Vancouver Police Dept West (165 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5

Vancouver Police Dept West has more employees than the Police and fire departments, combined median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 5.6 3.6 13 1 0
2019 15.1 4.6 17 6 0
2018 17.9 7.1 21 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922120 · WA · Vancouver

716 Police and fire departments, combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 490 employers in Vancouver, 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 Los Angeles Police Department, Communications Division Metropolitan 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR POLICE PROTECTION 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of South Elgin - Police Department 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Police Department 12.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Milgard Windows & Doors -- Corporate Office / Vinyl Window & Door Manufacturing 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE SGL Carbon 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seattle Washington Branch - Pacific Office Automation Inc. 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town & Country Market - Bainbridge Island 165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hawthorn Senior Living 3,847 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southwest Medical Center Main Campus 3,464 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6994-PL600 1,970 FTE
CITY-NEAR 600 1,922 FTE
NAT-TCR Marriott's Sea Pines (Monarch, Harbour Club, Heritage Club) 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ndc Ny/Nj Hdl 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest St. Clair County Fire Fire Protection District 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR JSM Management Inc 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ctr Family Medicine/Car Cardio 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Carmel Valley 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dj Jacobetti Hm for Vets -Dmva 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Slp Nc 165 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, 2018. 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.