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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 7 of 16| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 845 - Washington DC | Washington | Department stores | C | 3.5 |
| Giant 375 | Washington | Grocery Stores | C | 3.4 |
| UG2 -559 - Tishman 1875 Eye St (DC) | Washington | Janitorial services | B | 3.4 |
| Edc, LLC | Washington | Commercial building construc | C | 3.4 |
| 4021-000018240 | Washington | Food Services | C | 3.4 |
| SCS II, AJV DC Regional Grounds | Washington | Garden maintenance services | B | 3.4 |
| Wings Enterprises Inc. | Washington | Reinforcing rod, bar, mesh a | D | 3.4 |
| Nai-0035-0035-02912 Fac-02912-Washington-Dc | Washington | Supermarkets and Other Groce | C | 3.4 |
| DC | Washington | Recreational goods rental | F | 3.4 |
| 6921-00282 | Washington | Supermarkets and Other Groce | C | 3.4 |
| Washington (PH) | Washington | Hotels | C | 3.4 |
| 2583 Ne Washington Dc | Washington | Home Centers | C | 3.3 |
| 4021-510463500 | Washington | Food Services | C | 3.3 |
| Complete Building Services | Washington | Air vent installation | C | 3.3 |
| 3035 | Washington | Warehouse Clubs and Supercen | C | 3.3 |
| 1595 Fre14 | Washington | Supermarkets and Other Groce | C | 3.3 |
| Blackwood of DC, LLC | Washington | Foundation, building, poured | C | 3.3 |
| Super Giant Landover 2376 | Washington | Grocery Stores | C | 3.3 |
| Washington DC Neighborhood | Washington | Hospice care services, in ho | B | 3.2 |
| 3320 - DC New York Ave NE | Washington | Discount Department Stores | C | 3.2 |
| Business Unit 10600 - Admin Office Hickey | Washington | Property managing, nonreside | F | 3.2 |
| Agility Construction, LLC | Washington | Building framing (except str | C | 3.2 |
| CGI Federal Inc - Washington DC Special Issuance Agency | Washington | Passport Production | D | 3.2 |
| 5472-Swy 0035 2737 | Washington | Supermarkets and Other Groce | C | 3.2 |
| St. Elizabeth | Washington | Job counseling, vocational r | C | 3.2 |
| 105000-Washington Dc Po | Washington | Mail and Parcel Delivery | B | 3.1 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. | Washington | Hotels (except casino hotels | C | 3.1 |
| Square 656 Owner, LLC | Washington | Hospitality/Hotels | C | 3.1 |
| Sodexo at Covington & Burling - Cafe | Washington | Food Service Contractors | C | 3.1 |
| 102021-Injury Comp & Medical Services | Washington | Mail and Parcel Delivery | B | 3.1 |
| WC Smith (Properties & Corporate) | Washington | Property managing, residenti | F | 3.1 |
| Amazon Retail LLC - IDC4 | Washington Dc | Supermarkets and Other Groce | C | 3.1 |
| 10780 Glover Park | Washington | - | C | 3.0 |
| Giant 2379 | Washington | Grocery Stores | C | 3.0 |
| Omni Shoreham Hotel | Washington | Hotels (except casino hotels | C | 3.0 |
| Nats General Concess | Washington | - | C | 3.0 |
| W Washington DC | Washington | Hotel management services (i | C | 3.0 |
| Miller & Long DC. | Washington | Foundation, building, poured | C | 3.0 |
| Nai-0035-0035-01445 Fac-01445-Washington-Dc | Washington | Supermarkets and Other Groce | C | 3.0 |
| 4263-26251 | Washington | Hotels | C | 3.0 |
| Embassy Row Hotel | Washington | Hotels (except casino hotels | C | 3.0 |
| 4186-05389 | Washington | All Other General Merchandis | C | 3.0 |
| B. Frank Joy L.L.C. | Washington | Utility line (i.e., communic | C | 3.0 |
| Hotel Washington | Washington | - | C | 3.0 |
| 4765-DCAPW9624 | Washington | Other Airport Operations | B | 3.0 |
| Rai Mx Dca | Washington | Passenger carriers, air, sch | B | 3.0 |
| Sodexo at Fannie Mae - 4000 Cafe | Washington | Food Service Contractors | C | 2.9 |
| United Medical Center | Washington | - | B | 2.9 |
| Department of Energy - Forrestal | Sw Washington | Service machinery and equipm | D | 2.9 |
| Metro Center | Washington | Custodial services | B | 2.9 |
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.