Passenger transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) · Washington
Washington State Ferries
Seattle, WA · ~1,939 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Washington State Ferries runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Passenger transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Washington State Ferries's OSHA Total Case Rate of 5.9 to the Passenger transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) BLS benchmark of 4.5 (131% of benchmark) across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Washington State Ferries's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Washington State Ferries falls in its industry
15 Passenger transportation, inla establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.
Trend analysis for Washington State Ferries
Between 2018 and 2024, Washington State Ferries's Total Case Rate worsened from 1.8 to 5.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 182% increase across 6 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 1.8, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 8.2, a spread of 6.5 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 7 reporting years, Washington State Ferries recorded 584 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 7-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 584 injuries, 164 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Washington State Ferries are sourced from its own 7 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 483212 - Passenger transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
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.
66 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 3,446,831 hours worked = 3.83 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Washington State Ferries (this establishment) | 5.88 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| Passenger transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 483212 |
| 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 Washington State Ferries 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.
- 2024: 87 reportable incidents · 74 injuries, 13 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 101 reportable incidents · 85 injuries, 16 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 97 reportable incidents · 80 injuries, 17 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 126 reportable incidents · 84 injuries, 42 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 107 reportable incidents · 86 injuries, 21 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 119 reportable incidents · 86 injuries, 32 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 112 reportable incidents · 89 injuries, 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 74 | 13 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 85 | 16 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 80 | 17 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 84 | 42 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 86 | 21 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 86 | 32 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 89 | 23 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Washington State Ferries's reported OSHA injury record versus its Passenger transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 131% of the Passenger transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) benchmark, Washington State Ferries reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Passenger transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) 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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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.