Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Washington

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc.

Seattle, WA · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc.: 7.7 TCR = 232% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. safety composite

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−15.3

2018→2024

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. injury rate improved

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc.'s TCR fell 15.3 from 15.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Seattle, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 232% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/23
  • PHOTO Beverlin Manufacturing
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Beverlin Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Washington employers → · Look up another →

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. averages 7.7 TCR (232% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. TCR series: 2018=15.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 23 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Washington.

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Ballard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2018 15.3 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · WA · Seattle

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 1,279 employers in Seattle, 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 Beverlin Manufacturing 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Astro Sheet Metal Co., Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BoMetals, inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR EDCO Products, Inc. 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Freese Management LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cleveringa Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nespelem 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE R L Smith Logging Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Seattle 32,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR The United States of America 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starz Entertainment 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW 11,307 FTE
NAT-TCR Smith Bros Inc 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR WesPak, Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sherman Case Rdy Plant 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dardanelle Plant 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chestatee Industrial Contractor, LLC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jones Contracting Corp. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Physicians East-Kinston 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jasper County 31 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.