Mental health hospitals · Washington

Western State Hospital

Lakewood, WA · ~2,651 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.7
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western State Hospital runs at 414% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mental health hospitals workplace, earning a grade F.

Western State Hospital: 15.7 TCR = 414% of Mental health hospitals BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western State Hospital safety composite

Western State Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Western State Hospital: 16.1 → 18.5 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 18.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2022

Western State Hospital's TCR rose 2.3 from 16.1 in 2019 to 18.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622210 · Lakewood, WA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 15.7 · 414% of ind

  • DART 16.8 DART
  • RANK #12/14
  • PHOTO Conway Behavioral He…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1,088 inj
  • SIZE ~2,651 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Conway Behavioral Health (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western State Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western State Hospital averages 15.7 TCR (414% of the Mental health hospitals BLS benchmark).

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

Western State Hospital TCR series: 2019=16.1 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=13.4 · 2022=18.5 · BLS 3.8

Where Western State Hospital falls in its industry

872 Mental health hospitals establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 14 Mental health hospitals employers in Washington.

Western State Hospital (2,651 employees, TCR 15.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 6.7 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Western State Hospital
Western State Hospital (2,651 employees, TCR 15.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 6.7

Western State Hospital has more employees than the Mental health hospitals median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.7. 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
2022 18.5 16.8 182 136 0
2021 13.4 12.2 290 20 0
2020 14.9 13.2 301 5 0
2019 16.1 13.6 315 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622210 · WA · Lakewood

872 Mental health hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 93 employers in Lakewood, 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 Conway Behavioral Health 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specialty Care 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2032-02120764 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero 15.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Seattle Mgmt/CS Alaska 2,669 FTE
STATE-SIZE Good Samaritan Hospital 2,622 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sea Mar Community Health Centers 2,700 FTE
STATE-SIZE WA453 PROVIDENCE ST PETER HOSPITAL-OLYMPIA HR 2,701 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western 2,314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-46060001-460601 729 FTE
CITY-NEAR 46060001-460601 ST. CLARE HOSPITAL 704 FTE
CITY-NEAR Korean Women's Association - Lakewood HQ 555 FTE
NAT-TCR Meadowbrook Manor of Naperville 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 175192-Martinsville Po 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR main enterprises 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0567 15.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Winter Haven Hospital, Inc. (6100) 2,652 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital 2,647 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sharp HealthCare 2,657 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moear - Earth City 2,657 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.