Courier Services Except by Air · Washington

Elma Center (Waelm)

Elma, WA · ~67 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elma Center (Waelm) runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Courier Services Except by Air workplace, earning a grade D.

Elma Center (Waelm): 8.8 TCR = 136% of Courier Services Except by Air BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elma Center (Waelm) safety composite

Elma Center (Waelm) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 8.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

Elma Center (Waelm): 4.4 → 9.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2018

Elma Center (Waelm)'s TCR rose 5.5 from 4.4 in 2016 to 9.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492110 · Elma, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.8 · 136% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #47/168
  • PHOTO PAHAR - HARRISBURG
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PAHAR - HARRISBURG (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elma Center (Waelm) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elma Center (Waelm) averages 8.8 TCR (136% of the Courier Services Except by Air BLS benchmark).

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

Elma Center (Waelm) TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=12.1 · 2018=9.9 · BLS 6.5

Where Elma Center (Waelm) falls in its industry

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 168 Courier Services Except by Air employers in Washington.

Elma Center (Waelm) (67 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Elma Center (Waelm)
Elma Center (Waelm) (67 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0

Elma Center (Waelm) has fewer employees than the Courier Services Except by Air median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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
2018 9.9 6.0 5 0 0
2017 12.1 12.1 6 0 0
2016 4.4 4.4 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492110 · WA · Elma

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 13 employers in Elma, 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 PAHAR - HARRISBURG 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR FedEx 11340 SHERMAN WAY 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'HARE (ILOHA) 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAGAMORE (MASAG) 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Borton Main Plant 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Star Ranch, LLC 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Longview Area 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE MJM Farms LP 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summit Pacific Medical Center 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Briggs Nursery 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sidhu & Sons Nursery USA 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wellness Center 116 FTE
NAT-TCR Sagamore (Masag) 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR O'Hare (Iloha) 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Holland - CB 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR HG426 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Johnsbury (Vtsjo) 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkins (Wvelk) 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Livingston Healthcare Service Tn (Tnmeh) 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vinita (Okvin) 67 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.