Orthopedic devices manufacturing · Washington

Cascade Dafo, Inc

Ferndale, WA · ~282 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cascade Dafo, Inc runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Orthopedic devices manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cascade Dafo, Inc: 4.8 TCR = 146% of Orthopedic devices manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cascade Dafo, Inc safety composite

Cascade Dafo, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−0.9

2017→2024

Cascade Dafo, Inc injury rate improved

Cascade Dafo, Inc's TCR fell 0.9 from 4.8 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 17.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.8 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=17.0 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339113 · Ferndale, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 146% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Alpha Protech Arizona
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 58 inj
  • SIZE ~282 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alpha Protech Arizona (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cascade Dafo, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cascade Dafo, Inc averages 4.8 TCR (146% of the Orthopedic devices manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cascade Dafo, Inc TCR series: 2017=4.8 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=17 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Cascade Dafo, Inc falls in its industry

555 Orthopedic devices manufacturi establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

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 5 Orthopedic devices manufacturi employers in Washington.

Cascade Dafo, Inc (282 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Cascade Dafo, Inc
Cascade Dafo, Inc (282 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Cascade Dafo, Inc has more employees than the Orthopedic devices manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 3.9 3.2 11 0 0
2023 17.0 17.0 10 36 0
2022 4.1 3.0 11 0 0
2021 4.3 3.9 11 0 0
2020 1.4 1.4 3 0 0
2019 1.5 1.1 3 1 0
2018 1.4 1.1 3 1 0
2017 4.8 4.1 6 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339113 · WA · Ferndale

555 Orthopedic devices manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 51 employers in Ferndale, 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 Alpha Protech Arizona 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avon Electronics Center 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zimmer Biomet 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR AVID Medical 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stemilt Ag Services (Ice Harbor) 282 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bob's Heating and Air Conditioning 282 FTE
STATE-SIZE Triumph Composite Systems 282 FTE
STATE-SIZE Husky Terminal and Stevedoring, LLC 282 FTE
CITY-NEAR Silver Reef Hotel Casino and Spa 640 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Refinery Services, Inc 234 FTE
CITY-NEAR Samson Rope 201 FTE
NAT-TCR Stockton 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Perram Electric, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenyon Plastering of California, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bratton Steel 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Napa Corporate Offices 282 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bell Container Corp. 282 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ashley Regional Medical Center 282 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mesa 282 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.