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District of Columbia workplace safety
How 793 OSHA-reporting employers across District of Columbia compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024.
- 793
- Employers
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 16,494
- Injuries
- 8
- Fatalities
The state picture
District of Columbia's reporting employers average 4.5 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.7 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.
- 4.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 793
- employers reporting
- 16,494
- recordable injuries
- 8
- worker fatalities
State average reflects each state's industry mix. Sort the table below by each employer's own grade against its industry benchmark.
15% of District of Columbia's reporting establishments earn an F and 16% an A, each measured against its own industry benchmark, not the state line. These grades are a transparent derived index, not an official OSHA rating; see the Methodology for the exact formula.
Where District of Columbia ranks among states
54 states & territories by avg TCRDistrict of Columbia's average TCR of 4.5 is lower than 85% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.
How District of Columbia Workplaces Compare
District of Columbia hosts 793 employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are not small shops: federal rules require ITA submission from workplaces with 250+ employees in any industry, plus workplaces with 20+ employees in the roughly 60 NAICS codes classified as high-hazard (construction, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, agriculture, and others). Across this District of Columbia cohort, workers have logged 16,494 recordable injuries, producing a state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.5 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year during 2016–2024.
The state has recorded 8 workplace fatalities in the reporting window, which is tracked separately from non-fatal injury counts because fatal events have their own investigation trail under 29 CFR 1904.39. Reading state-level TCR requires context: the headline figure is driven by a state's industry mix. A state with a heavy construction, logging, or meatpacking footprint will mechanically post higher TCR than a state dominated by finance or professional services, even when individual employers are equally well-managed. That is why the employer table below sorts each establishment by its own TCR and letter grade, against the BLS benchmark for its specific industry, not against the state average.
For jobseekers, relocators, investors, and local safety professionals, state-level pages function as an entry point: use the grade-sorted list to spot the safest and highest-risk employers in District of Columbia, then click through to an individual establishment for its year-by-year injury, illness, DART, and fatality trajectory. Compare multiple years before drawing conclusions, a single outlier year can reflect a specific event, whereas a sustained pattern across reporting cycles is a more reliable risk signal. All data comes directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries. State OSHA plans in 22 states operate their own enforcement programs in parallel, but the injury data above is harmonized through the federal ITA system.
Employers in District of Columbia, by injury rate
Page 10 of 16| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6921-00231 | Washington | Supermarkets and Other Groce | B | 1.8 |
| Park Hyatt Washington | Washington | - | B | 1.8 |
| Sodexo at Department of Interior | Washington | Food Service Contractors | B | 1.8 |
| Sodexo at George Washington Hos-Starbuck | Washington | Food Service Contractors | B | 1.7 |
| 6993-69930017-000003 | Washington | Ready-mix concrete manufactu | B | 1.7 |
| Fairfield Inn and Suites | Washington | Hotels (except casino hotels | B | 1.7 |
| Smithsn Amer Indian* | Washington | - | B | 1.7 |
| WCS Construction LLC | Washington | Condominium, multifamily, co | A | 1.7 |
| Dynamic Concepts inc. | Washington | Utility line (i.e., communic | B | 1.7 |
| DCA | Washington | Aircraft janitorial services | A | 1.7 |
| KC Encore | Washington | - | B | 1.7 |
| Capital Gallery Bakery Cafe | Washington | Family restaurants, full ser | B | 1.6 |
| St. Regis Washington DC | Washington | Hotel management services (i | B | 1.6 |
| 674 - Chevy Chase Mens | Washington | Department stores | A | 1.6 |
| Bureau of Engraving and Printing DCF | Washington, D.C. | Offset printing (except book | A | 1.6 |
| B. Frank Joy LLC | Washington | Utility line (i.e., communic | B | 1.6 |
| Little Sisters Pr-DC | Washington | - | B | 1.6 |
| Bbb 11651 | Washington | Janitorial services | A | 1.6 |
| Sledge, LLC | Washington | Promoters of live performing | B | 1.6 |
| Columbia Woodworking - DC | Washington | Architectural woodwork and f | A | 1.6 |
| YMCA Calomiris Program Center | Washington | Membership associations, civ | B | 1.6 |
| Spring Valley #605 | Washington | Housewares stores | A | 1.6 |
| Sodexo at St Albans School for Boys Fac | Washington | janitorial Services | A | 1.6 |
| Eastern Branch Demolition | Washington | Building demolition | B | 1.6 |
| 14 Air Canada | Washington | Scheduled Passenger Air Tran | A | 1.6 |
| Carr Properties | Washington | Fiduciaries', real estate, o | C | 1.6 |
| Sodexo at Brookings Dining Room | Washington | Building Cleaning/Maintenanc | A | 1.6 |
| Newseum* | Washington | - | B | 1.6 |
| Chimes District of Columbia, Department of the Interior | Washington | Custodial services | A | 1.5 |
| Bardon Inc, DBA Aggregate Industries | Washington | Ready-mix concrete manufactu | A | 1.5 |
| Protocol | Washington | - | B | 1.5 |
| The Wharf | Washington | - | B | 1.5 |
| Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn | Washington | Food Service Contractors | A | 1.5 |
| Miller and Long DC | Washington | Foundation, building, poured | B | 1.5 |
| Sodexo at Nas - Constitution Ave | Washington | Food Service Contractors | A | 1.5 |
| Sodexo at Imf Central Move Adds | Washington | Building Cleaning/Maintenanc | A | 1.5 |
| WBG Catering | Washington | - | A | 1.5 |
| Construction | Washington | Iron work, structural, contr | B | 1.5 |
| Office of Human Resources Management | Washington | Police departments (except A | A | 1.5 |
| Meridian at Gallery Place | Washington | Apartment building rental or | C | 1.5 |
| Museum of the Bible (MOTB) | Washington | Museums | A | 1.5 |
| Goldin & Stafford, Inc. Job Site | Washington | Excavation contractors | B | 1.5 |
| Nai-0035-0035-02808 Fac-02808-Washington-Dc | Washington | Supermarkets and Other Groce | A | 1.4 |
| Sodexo at Fannie Mae | Washington | Food Service Contractors | A | 1.4 |
| PEPCO- Benning Service Center | Washington | Distribution of electric pow | C | 1.4 |
| Pro Air Inc. | Washington | Plumbing and heating contrac | B | 1.4 |
| Bolling Commissary Grocery Retail | Bolling Afb | Grocery stores | A | 1.4 |
| GWU Shenkman Hall | Washington | - | A | 1.4 |
| Menus - Kitchen | Washington | - | A | 1.4 |
| 100110025519-Idb-Iadb/1300 New York Ave Nw | Washington | Services to Buildings | A | 1.3 |
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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What District of Columbia's safety record means for you
District of Columbia averages a TCR of 4.5 - about 1.7× the ~2.7 national private-sector norm. A state average hides wide employer-by-employer variation.
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State averages use the credible-subset mean across reporting establishments; they are statistical summaries, not regulatory assessments.
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.