Academies, college or university · Washington

Washington State University

Pullman, WA · ~10,539 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Washington State University runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade C.

Washington State University: 1.3 TCR = 89% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Washington State University safety composite

Washington State University scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−0.4

2019→2023

Washington State University injury rate improved

Washington State University's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.5 in 2019 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.5 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Pullman, WA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 1.3 · 89% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #7/15
  • PHOTO Central Michigan Uni…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 440 inj
  • SIZE ~10,539 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Michigan University (0.0 TCR gap)

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Washington State University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Washington State University averages 1.3 TCR (89% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

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

Washington State University TCR series: 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 1.4

Where Washington State University falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Academies, college or universi employers in Washington.

Washington State University (10,539 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 05,00010,00015,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Washington State University
Washington State University (10,539 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Washington State University has more employees than the Academies, college or university median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2023 1.1 0.6 75 3 0
2022 1.3 0.8 88 3 0
2021 1.2 0.9 84 1 0
2020 1.2 0.8 88 2 0
2019 1.5 0.8 105 14 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · WA · Pullman

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 42 employers in Pullman, 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 Central Michigan University 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of Connecticut - Waterbury Campus 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Itasca Community College 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverside College of Health Careers 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW 11,307 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seattle Children's 9,161 FTE
STATE-SIZE WA016 12,418 FTE
STATE-SIZE UW Medical Center Montlake 7,958 FTE
CITY-NEAR SEL Pullman WA 2,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pullman Regional Hospital 382 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1870 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1870 309 FTE
NAT-TCR Los Fresnos SC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 50058 Capstone - Hd Pittston Pa 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Market Basket #04 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PEP : LSMD - Vienna 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE UC Davis Health 10,481 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland Medical Center 10,377 FTE
NAT-SIZE UC Santa Barbara 10,779 FTE
NAT-SIZE IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 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: 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.