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District of Columbia workplace safety

How 793 OSHA-reporting employers across District of Columbia compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 596 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology).

793
Employers
4.5
Avg TCR (rated)
16,494
Injuries (all)
8
Fatalities (all)

TCR, interpreted

Far above average

4.5 avg TCR

District of Columbia vs all states by OSHA-reporting employer count

Where this state's ITA establishment inventory sits among every tracked state and territory (coverage signal, not a safety ranking)

793 51st of 54 higher than 3 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by OSHA ITA reporting employer count

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Source official public datasets · 2026

The state picture

District of Columbia's 596 rated 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 · rated subset
596
rated employers
793
all reporting employers
16,494
recordable injuries (all)

Inventory counts and injury/fatality totals cover all 793 ITA establishments; the average TCR excludes zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings. See Methodology → Three Populations.

District of Columbia grade distribution 793 graded establishments · width = share

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 TCR

District 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.

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A second cut tells a different story: ranked by rated-subset injury rate alone, District of Columbia is #9 of 54. Ranked instead by fatalities per rated employer establishment (same 596-employer subset), it's #23 of 54, a 14-place swing. A state can run a moderate everyday injury rate while its rarer, most severe incidents cluster differently; the two metrics measure different things on the same population and shouldn't be read as interchangeable.

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. The published state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.5 injuries per 100 full-time workers uses the 596 establishments with a credible rate (zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings stay in the inventory counts above but are excluded from the average, see methodology).

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

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EmployerCityIndustryGradeAvg TCR
Washington DCWashingtonLaw FirmF5.8
105001-Curseen-Morris Dc P&DcWashingtonMail and Parcel DeliveryD5.8
CMTi - GAO (General Accountability Office)WashingtonBase facilities operation suF5.8
Nai-0035-0035-04202 Fac-04202-Washington-DcWashingtonSupermarkets and Other GroceD5.7
4186-04081WashingtonAll Other General MerchandisD5.7
Washington Marriott at Metro CenterWashingtonHotel management services (iD5.7
10777 Walter ReedWashington-D5.6
Sodexo at Ushr Longworth Food CourtWashingtonFood Service ContractorsD5.6
6091-781Hyattsville, MdSpecial needs transportationD5.6
1401 Rndc-Washington D.C.Washington D.C.Wine and Distilled AlcoholicF5.5
Fairfield Inn & Suites Washington, DCWashingtonHotels (except casino hotelsD5.5
Downtown DC BID CorporationWashingtonNonProfitF5.5
5472-NAI-0035-0035-04270WashingtonSupermarkets and Other GroceD5.5
Georgetown Law CatWashington-D5.5
Bureau of Engraving and PrintingWashingtongJanitorial servicesD5.5
Nationals Park, WNBCWashingtonBasketball clubs, professionD5.4
It's My TheatreWashingtonPromoters of live performingD5.4
Hilton Washington DC National MallWashingtonHotels (except casino hotelsD5.4
5472-NAI-0035-0035-01445WashingtonSupermarkets and Other GroceD5.4
Capital Eagle, Inc.WashingtonBeer merchant wholesalersF5.4
2576-83250000-8325Nw WashingtonPsychiatric and Substance AbD5.4
1120 - Washington DcWashingtonWholesale GrocerD5.4
Capital Caring Center (Providence Hospital)WashingtonHospitals, specialty (exceptD5.4
5472-Swy 0035 0923WashingtonSupermarkets and Other GroceD5.3
Wm 3035WashingtonWarehouse Clubs and SupercenD5.3
Giant 378WashingtonGrocery StoresD5.3
5472-Swy 0035 4202WashingtonSupermarkets and Other GroceD5.2
620630700 - Capital One Arena - ConcessionsWashingtonFood ServicesD5.2
GWU Pelham CommonsWashington-D5.2
FMCCWashingtonPavement, highway, road, strD5.2
100378Washington-D5.2
Customs House_1360092WashingtonMail and Parcel DeliveryC5.1
SODEXO AT COVINGTON and BURLING CAFEWashingtonFood Service ContractorsD5.1
Patroit Plaza IIIWashingtonEconomic development agencieD5.0
ARC The Hotel DCWashingtonAlpine skiing facilities witD5.0
26253 Washington HiltonWashingtonHotelsD4.9
Marine Barracks 8th & I (58)WashingtonVocational Rehabilitation SeD4.9
2576-055WashingtonGeneral Medical and SurgicalB4.9
5472-NAI-0035-0035-01276WashingtonSupermarkets and Other GroceD4.8
24319 Es Washington D.C. - Convention CenterWashingtonHotelsD4.8
4263-47381Washington DcHotelsD4.7
KC Emp CanteenWashington-D4.7
1855-DCWAS1WashingtonGeneral Medical and SurgicalB4.7
Sodexo at Intn L Monetary Fund Hq1 CafeWashingtonFood Service ContractorsD4.7
Georgetown Carrier Annex_1444681WashingtonMail and Parcel DeliveryC4.6
4021-620384600WashingtonFood ServicesD4.6
5472-Swy 0035 4270WashingtonSupermarkets and Other GroceD4.6
4263-26253WashingtonHotelsD4.6
105004-Washington Dc VmfWashingtonMail and Parcel DeliveryC4.6
Dynamic Concepts, Inc.DcDistribution of electric powF4.6
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Nationwide states with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for District of Columbia: nearest states and territories by rated-subset average Total Case Rate and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-state neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Similar average TCR

Nearest states by rated-subset Total Case Rate (4.5 here).

Similar employer inventory

Nearest states by reporting employer count (793 here).

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore

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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.