Tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing · Oregon

Chemwest Portland

Portland, OR · ~73 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chemwest Portland runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Chemwest Portland: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chemwest Portland safety composite

Chemwest Portland scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−3.6

2016→2019

Chemwest Portland injury rate improved

Chemwest Portland's TCR fell 3.6 from 3.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Portland, OR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/29
  • PHOTO Plastic Recyclers SE…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plastic Recyclers SE, Inc. Decatur Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chemwest Portland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chemwest Portland averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chemwest Portland TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Chemwest Portland falls in its industry

2,838 Tanks, storage, plastics or fi establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 29 Tanks, storage, plastics or fi employers in Oregon.

Chemwest Portland (73 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chemwest Portland
Chemwest Portland (73 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Chemwest Portland has fewer employees than the Tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.2 3.7 3 2 0
2017 2.9 1.5 2 0 0
2016 3.6 3.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · OR · Portland

2,838 Tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, OR · 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 Plastic Recyclers SE, Inc. Decatur Facility 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conwed Plastics Minneapolis 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kalamazoo Manufacturing 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metamora 1 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE O'Brien&Company 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summit Reconstruction and Restoration 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Modoc Contracting Co., Inc. 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Legacy Wireless Services, Inc. 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA 4,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND 3,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000530 3,498 FTE
NAT-TCR Chillicothe Service Center 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Shire- Los Angeles 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Abs 0028 0819 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kingsport Service Center 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bluefield WV Service Center 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westwood Elementary School 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. George - Resort 73 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.