Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · Indiana
West Lafayette Police Department
City of West Lafayette, IN · ~184 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
West Lafayette Police Department runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade F.
West Lafayette Police Department: 7.4 TCR = 231% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
West Lafayette Police Department safety composite
West Lafayette Police Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).
67/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 7.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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%).
Rising injury rate
West Lafayette Police Department: 4.2 → 6.2 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 16.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.09× in 2024
West Lafayette Police Department's TCR rose 2.0 from 4.2 in 2017 to 6.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · City of West Lafayette, IN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 231% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #3/12
- PHOTO Town of East Hampton…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 67 inj
- SIZE ~184 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Town of East Hampton - Police, Fire & Ambulance Departments (0.0 TCR gap)
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West Lafayette Police Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
West Lafayette Police Department
7.4 TCR
- Town of East H
Town of East Hampton - Police, Fire & Ambulance Departments
7.4 TCR
- Police
Police
7.4 TCR
- Law Enforcemen
Law Enforcement Center
7.4 TCR
- CPD-20th Distr
CPD-20th District Police Station | 5400 N. Lincoln Ave.
7.4 TCR
What this shows West Lafayette Police Department averages 7.4 TCR (231% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
West Lafayette Police Department TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=16.1 · 2020=9.8 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 3.2
Where West Lafayette Police Department falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Police departments (except Ame employers in Indiana.
West Lafayette Police Department has more employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.9 | 0.7 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.8 | 2.8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16.1 | 8.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · IN · City of West Lafayette
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 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 | Town of East Hampton - Police, Fire & Ambulance Departments | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Law Enforcement Center | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CPD-20th District Police Station | 5400 N. Lincoln Ave. | 7.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Brooks Construction Co., Inc. | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Renascent Inc. | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AmeriQual Packaging | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Huhtamaki Marion | 184 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Furst-McNess Company (Cordele) | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | B&S Industrial Contractors, Inc. | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | P7, LLC | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Window Specialist Inc | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Aja I | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | High West Hospitality | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NPC South Inc. | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Environment Control Ohio Valley, Inc. | 184 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.