Police Department · Washington
VPD West Precinct
Vancvouver, WA · ~158 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
VPD West Precinct runs at 432% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police Department workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares VPD West Precinct's OSHA Total Case Rate of 13.8 to the Police Department BLS benchmark of 3.2 (432% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
VPD West Precinct's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.2 industry benchmark.
Where VPD West Precinct falls in its industry
750 Police Department establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Police Department employers in Washington.
Trend analysis for VPD West Precinct
Between 2021 and 2022, VPD West Precinct's Total Case Rate improved from 18.9 to 8.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 53% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 8.8, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 18.9, a spread of 10.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, VPD West Precinct recorded 30 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 30 injuries, 17 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for VPD West Precinct are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 922120 - Police Department.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2022)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
12 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 339,569 hours worked = 7.07 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| VPD West Precinct (this establishment) | 13.84 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 922120 |
| Washington state avg (all industries) | 6.20 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by VPD West Precinct to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2022: 16 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 5 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 32 reportable incidents · 20 injuries, 12 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 2021 | 18.9 | 8.8 | 20 | 12 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on VPD West Precinct's reported OSHA injury record versus its Police Department peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 432% of the Police Department benchmark, VPD West Precinct reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Police Department sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.