Detention centers · North Carolina
Wake County Detention Center
Raleigh, NC · ~411 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Wake County Detention Center runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Detention centers workplace, earning a grade F.
Wake County Detention Center: 6.6 TCR = 207% of Detention centers BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Wake County Detention Center safety composite
Wake County Detention Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 54% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Wake County Detention Center: 5.6 → 6.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2024
Wake County Detention Center's TCR rose 0.9 from 5.6 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922140 · Raleigh, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 207% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #4/12
- PHOTO IDOC - 6th District …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 241 inj
- SIZE ~411 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: IDOC - 6th District (Stratton Center) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Wake County Detention Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Wake County Detention Center
6.6 TCR
- IDOC - 6th Dis
IDOC - 6th District (Stratton Center)
6.6 TCR
- Maloney CTSD
Maloney CTSD
6.6 TCR
- Howard County
Howard County Sheriff's Department
6.6 TCR
- CITRUS COUNTY
CITRUS COUNTY
6.6 TCR
What this shows Wake County Detention Center averages 6.6 TCR (207% of the Detention centers BLS benchmark).
Wake County Detention Center TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=8.8 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 3.2
Where Wake County Detention Center falls in its industry
482 Detention centers establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 Detention centers employers in North Carolina.
Wake County Detention Center has more employees than the Detention centers 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 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922140 · NC · Raleigh
482 Detention centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 973 employers in Raleigh, NC · 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 | IDOC - 6th District (Stratton Center) | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maloney CTSD | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Howard County Sheriff's Department | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CITRUS COUNTY | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | US National Whitewater Center | 411 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Villari Bros. Foods | 412 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Albemarle Corporation- Charlotte | 412 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corning Life Sciences - Durham | 410 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Headway Workforce Solutions | 13,936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NC State University | 11,491 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UNC Rex Healthcare | 7,282 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SECU | 6,283 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Retail Operations Center | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Yard | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plant 1 | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TES, Inc. Smokehouse BBQ and Brews 110 | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pioneer Plastics - Auburn | 411 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dart Container Engineering | 411 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Elgin | 411 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Main Street Station | 411 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.