Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · Oregon
Willamette Valley Communications Center
Salem, OR · ~105 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Willamette Valley Communications Center runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade A.
Willamette Valley Communications Center: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Willamette Valley Communications Center safety composite
Willamette Valley Communications Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).
80/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 100% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 1.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% 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
Willamette Valley Communications Center: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2.46× in 2024
Willamette Valley Communications Center's TCR rose 1.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Salem, OR AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #1/27
- PHOTO Dept. of Public Safe…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~105 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dept. of Public Safety (22) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Willamette Valley Communications Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Dept. of Publi
Dept. of Public Safety (3)
0.7 TCR
- Hall of Justic
Hall of Justice
0.7 TCR
- This site
Willamette Valley Communications Center
0.6 TCR
- Dept. of Publi
Dept. of Public Safety (22)
0.6 TCR
- LVMPD - Metro
LVMPD - Metro Com
0.6 TCR
What this shows Willamette Valley Communications Center averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
Willamette Valley Communications Center TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.2
Where Willamette Valley Communications Center falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 27 Police departments (except Ame employers in Oregon.
Willamette Valley Communications Center 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 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · OR · Salem
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 471 employers in Salem, OR · 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 | Dept. of Public Safety (22) | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LVMPD - Metro Com | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dept. of Public Safety (3) | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hall of Justice | 0.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Seattle Construction | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chaucer Foods INC | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Heritage Specialty Foods | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ross Island Sand & Gravel Co. | 105 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Oregon State Hospital-Salem Campus | 2,036 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PDX7 | 1,559 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chemeketa Community College | 1,551 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Human Service Building ODHS | 1,402 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | DV Technologies | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hennepin | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aim Leasing Co. Belmont | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Memphis - BCBST | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Construction and Service | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PORTLAND | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Library Services | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lowes Foods #160 | 105 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.