Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) · Washington

FareStart

Seattle, WA · ~119 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FareStart runs at 193% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) workplace, earning a grade D.

FareStart: 5.8 TCR = 193% of Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) BLS 3.0 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FareStart safety composite

FareStart scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−3.3

2021→2024

FareStart injury rate improved

FareStart's TCR fell 3.3 from 10.3 in 2021 to 7.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.3 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Seattle, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 193% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #91/124
  • PHOTO MS Cafe 34
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MS Cafe 34 (0.0 TCR gap)

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FareStart in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FareStart averages 5.8 TCR (193% of the Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) BLS benchmark).

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

FareStart TCR series: 2021=10.3 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.0

Where FareStart falls in its industry

6,952 Food concession contractors (e establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #91 safest of 124 Food concession contractors (e employers in Washington.

FareStart (119 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate FareStart
FareStart (119 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

FareStart has more employees than the Food concession contractors (e.g., conve median and a higher 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
2024 7.0 4.2 5 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.8 3.6 8 0 0
2021 10.3 10.3 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · WA · Seattle

6,952 Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 1,279 employers in Seattle, 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 MS Cafe 34 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR TAMUCC Dining Hall 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of Sioux Falls 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT W WINDSOR PLAINSBORO SCHOOLS 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE JRD Texas, LLC 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway Services LLC - BP Cherry Pt. Refinery 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE EAGLE BEVERAGE AND ACCESORIES 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metrie Manufacturing - Ferndale 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Seattle 32,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR The United States of America 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starz Entertainment 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW 11,307 FTE
NAT-TCR D&H United Fueling Solutions HOUSTON TX 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bus Transportation 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 2840 Monticello 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 10768 Brookhurst 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE NxEdge MH LLC 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon Retail LLC - MAH8 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon Retail LLC - MAG4 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saticoy Lemon Association - Ventura 119 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.