Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing · Washington

Automated Systems of Tacoma

Tacoma, WA · ~49 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Automated Systems of Tacoma runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Automated Systems of Tacoma: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Automated Systems of Tacoma safety composite

Automated Systems of Tacoma scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.9

2021→2024

Automated Systems of Tacoma injury rate improved

Automated Systems of Tacoma's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=13.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Viant
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Viant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Automated Systems of Tacoma in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Automated Systems of Tacoma averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Automated Systems of Tacoma TCR series: 2021=2.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=13 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Automated Systems of Tacoma falls in its industry

448 Chemical processing machinery establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Chemical processing machinery employers in Washington.

Automated Systems of Tacoma (49 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Automated Systems of Tacoma
Automated Systems of Tacoma (49 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Automated Systems of Tacoma has fewer employees than the Chemical processing machinery and equipm median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 13.0 13.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · WA · Tacoma

448 Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 445 employers in Tacoma, WA · 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 Viant 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prism Plastics Products Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SP Industries - 103 Warminster 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverview Drive 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE FRH Dairy 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbia Bean & Produce 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zaldivars 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lockhart Suver 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tacoma General Hospital (Companied 10 & 20) 3,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Tacoma 3,689 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tacoma General Hospital 3,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-46080001-460801 3,061 FTE
NAT-TCR W.M. Davis INC. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tonkawa Foundry, Inc 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hotard Coaches - New Orleans 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sturgis 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Regency Place Senior Living 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wfs Jacksonville 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winnebago Landfill 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cobabe Brothers Plumbing 49 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.