Distribution of natural gas · Washington

Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field

Bellingham, WA · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field runs at 261% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field: 3.1 TCR = 261% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field safety composite

Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−6.3

2019→2020

Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field injury rate improved

Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field's TCR fell 6.3 from 6.3 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.3 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Bellingham, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.1 · 261% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/13
  • PHOTO Wilkinsburg
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wilkinsburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field averages 3.1 TCR (261% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field TCR series: 2019=6.3 · 2020=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 13 Distribution of natural gas employers in Washington.

Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field (41 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field
Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field (41 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field has fewer employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.3 6.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · WA · Bellingham

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 210 employers in Bellingham, 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 Wilkinsburg 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5241 TARAVELLA RD MARRERO LA 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BEVERLY 5330 GAS-MA59 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CenterPoint Energy - Evergreen 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterworks, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Soos Creek Water & Sewer District 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Washington Branch 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Washington University 3,794 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus 2,537 FTE
CITY-NEAR North American Operations - Matrix Service Inc. 2,063 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHMG SJMC Clinics 864 FTE
NAT-TCR Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant-2 Meridian 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Schmid Mechanical 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairmont Plant 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tioga Community Care Center 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dakota Granite 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mission Janitorial Supplies - San Diego 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Discovery Village at the Forum-I.L. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3250 Donahue Ferry Road 41 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.