National reference · OSHA ITA + BLS
U.S. workplace safety statistics
The national reference figures behind PlainSafetyScore - 497,821 graded employer establishments, 9,567,950 recordable injuries, and 6,770 worker fatalities, drawn straight from federal OSHA and BLS data, 2016–2024.
OSHA ITA + BLS
497,821 US employer establishments have filed OSHA Form 300A summaries since 2016; 44% earn a D or F versus their own industry benchmark.
PlainSafetyScore grades each establishment's Total Case Rate against its NAICS industry median. Only 16% earn an A. Animal hospitals leads well-sampled sectors at 12.8 recordable injuries per 100 FTE (4.7× the ~2.7 private-sector norm). Across the file: 9,567,950 injuries and 6,770 fatalities, 2016–2024. Figures describe the ITA extract, not a site-safety recommendation.
Data as of · figures update with each federal data refresh · see our methodology for every derived number.
- Employers graded
- 497,821
- Recordable injuries
- 9,567,950
- Worker fatalities
- 6,770
- Industries benchmarked
- 1,075
Key findings
- 497,821 US employer establishments have filed OSHA Form 300A injury summaries since 2016, spanning 1,075 distinct NAICS industries.
- Only 16% of graded establishments earn PlainSafetyScore's top A grade; 44% earn a D or F, an injury rate at or above their own industry's benchmark.
- Animal hospitals is the highest-injury well-sampled industry sector, averaging 12.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, 4.7× the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.
- Maine reports the nation's highest rated-subset average employer Total Case Rate (7.7), from 2,203 of 2,397 reporting establishments with a credible rate.
- Louisiana reports the nation's lowest rated-subset average employer Total Case Rate (3.7) among states with at least 100 reporting establishments (5,224 rated of 6,723).
- These establishments collectively recorded 9,567,950 workplace injuries and illnesses and 6,770 worker fatalities across the 2016–2024 reporting period.
National grade distribution
Across 497,821 graded establishments, 24% earn an F, an injury rate more than double their industry benchmark, while 16% earn an A. Each grade compares an establishment's OSHA Total Case Rate (TCR) to the median for its own NAICS industry.
| Grade | Meaning | Establishments | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Excellent | 78,898 | 15.8% |
| B | Good | 63,060 | 12.7% |
| C | Average | 135,899 | 27.3% |
| D | Poor | 102,590 | 20.6% |
| F | Failing | 117,110 | 23.5% |
Highest-injury industries
Ranked by the average employer Total Case Rate across well-sampled industries (≥ 100 reporting establishments), Animal hospitals leads at 12.8 recordable injuries per 100 workers - several times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.
| # | Industry | Avg TCR (rated) | Rated / inventory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animal hospitals | 12.8 | 261 / 315 |
| 2 | Transportation | 12.7 | 1,452 / 1,524 |
| 3 | Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) | 10.8 | 793 / 1,046 |
| 4 | Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) | 10.4 | 716 / 721 |
| 5 | Ski resorts without accommodations | 10.0 | 121 / 123 |
| 6 | Floor covering stores (except wood or ceramic tile only) | 9.7 | 345 / 360 |
| 7 | Ambulance Service | 9.4 | 976 / 1,060 |
| 8 | Van lines, moving and storage services | 9.4 | 548 / 574 |
| 9 | Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming | 9.2 | 280 / 279 |
| 10 | Couriers and Express Delivery Services | 9.2 | 6,679 / 6,728 |
Avg TCR uses the credible-rate subset only (see methodology → three populations). Full ranking: most dangerous industries.
States by average injury rate
Maine reports the highest rated-subset average employer TCR (7.7) of any state, against the ~2.7 national private-sector norm. State averages use establishments with a credible TCR and hide wide establishment-by-establishment variation.
| # | State | Avg TCR (rated) | Rated / inventory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maine | 7.7 | 2,203 / 2,397 |
| 2 | Vermont | 7.1 | 958 / 1,065 |
| 3 | Montana | 7.1 | 1,413 / 1,536 |
| 4 | Washington | 6.8 | 9,081 / 10,147 |
| 5 | Idaho | 6.7 | 2,521 / 2,774 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 6.7 | 6,205 / 7,008 |
| 7 | Oregon | 6.6 | 7,320 / 8,031 |
| 8 | New Hampshire | 6.4 | 2,462 / 2,718 |
| 9 | South Dakota | 6.4 | 1,610 / 1,778 |
| 10 | California | 6.2 | 45,962 / 51,834 |
Full directory: every state's safety record.
TCR year-over-year changes
Establishments ranked by absolute OSHA Total Case Rate change between adjacent ITA years (credible TCR + hours floor). See TCR change rankings.
Download the industry dataset (CSV) - 1,025 industries with at least 5 reporting employers, CC BY-SA 4.0, free to reuse with attribution.