Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers · Washington
Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC
Moses Lake, WA · ~46 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC runs at 812% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC: 17.9 TCR = 812% of Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC safety composite
Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 17.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 15.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC: 9.8 → 19.2 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 25.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2024
Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC's TCR rose 9.4 from 9.8 in 2021 to 19.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 25.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424480 · Moses Lake, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 17.9 · 812% of ind
- DART 15.4 DART
- RANK #17/18
- PHOTO West Sacramento Ware…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 36 inj
- SIZE ~46 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: West Sacramento Warehouse (0.6 TCR gap)
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Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC
17.9 TCR
- West Sacrament
West Sacramento Warehouse
17.3 TCR
- Get Fresh Prod
Get Fresh Produce - Houston
17.2 TCR
- ATC Warehouse
ATC Warehouse
16.4 TCR
- Tomatoland's B
Tomatoland's Best, LLC
15.9 TCR
What this shows Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC averages 17.9 TCR (812% of the Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC TCR series: 2021=9.8 · 2022=25.1 · 2023=17.4 · 2024=19.2 · BLS 2.2
Where Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC falls in its industry
369 Vegetables, fresh, merchant wh establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 Vegetables, fresh, merchant wh employers in Washington.
Desert Ridge Packaging, LLC has fewer employees than the Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 | 19.2 | 15.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17.4 | 13.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 25.1 | 19.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424480 · WA · Moses Lake
369 Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 89 employers in Moses Lake, 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 | West Sacramento Warehouse | 17.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Get Fresh Produce - Houston | 17.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ATC Warehouse | 16.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tomatoland's Best, LLC | 15.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | JR Simplot-Pasco Farm | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Badass Farming | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lewis County PUD - Chehalis Operations | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JayMarc Homes | 46 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Terex Washington Moses Lake | 777 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Moses Lake, WA | 672 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Samaritan Hospital (DBA Samaritan Healthcare) | 532 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Samaritan Hospital | 497 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ONPO | 17.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Seabird Enterprises | 17.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bvfdr-Bvfdr-Boise Valley Feeders | 17.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lakeshore The Meadows | 17.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Euravia North America | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Multipure International | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PSL-Town Village Crossing | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Parish Tractor Company, LLC | 46 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.