Cakes, baking (except frozen), made in commercial bakeries · Washington

flax4life

Name: flax4life Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Bellingham, WA · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

flax4life runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cakes, baking (except frozen), made in commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade D.

flax4life: 6.2 TCR = 187% of Cakes, baking (except frozen), made in commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

flax4life safety composite

flax4life scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2016→2021

flax4life injury rate improved

flax4life's TCR fell 2.3 from 7.9 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2019=5.0 · 2021=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311812 · Bellingham, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 187% of ind

DART 5.6 DART
RANK #11/17
PHOTO Pan-O-Gold Baking Co…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pan-O-Gold Baking Company-Sauk Rapids, MN (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.2
Pan-O-Gold Bak

6.2
64090002--FLOW

6.2
Fort Wayne Bak

6.2
Calise & Sons

6.2

What this shows flax4life averages 6.2 TCR (187% of the Cakes, baking (except frozen), made in commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).

flax4life TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2019=5 · 2021=5.6 · BLS 3.3

Where flax4life falls in its industry

1,014 Cakes, baking (except frozen), establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 17 Cakes, baking (except frozen), employers in Washington.

flax4life (38 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4

flax4life has fewer employees than the Cakes, baking (except frozen), made in c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2021	5.6	5.6	2	0
2019	5.0	5.0	1	1
2016	7.9	7.9	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311812 · WA · Bellingham

1,014 Cakes, baking (except frozen), made in commercial bakeries 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pan-O-Gold Baking Company-Sauk Rapids, MN	SAUK RAPIDS, MN	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	64090002--FLOWERS BAKING - VILLA RICA	VILLA RICA, GA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fort Wayne Bakery	FORT WAYNE, IN	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Calise & Sons Bakery	LINCOLN, RI	6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MWR HOLDINGS LLC	YAKIMA	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Winemakers LLC	YAKIMA	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Anderson Agri LLC	ELLENSBURG	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WA-Clark County RC	VANCOUVER	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Washington University	Bellingham	3,794 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus	Bellingham	2,537 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North American Operations - Matrix Service Inc.	Bellingham	2,063 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PHMG SJMC Clinics	Bellingham	864 FTE
NAT-TCR	Solstice Senior Living at Apple Valley	Apple Valley, CA	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	6795-16163B01TA	Shoreview, MN	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aston Gardens at Pelican Pointe	Venice, FL	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Morsco Supply Co. #3004	Mesa, AZ	6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	028/Denver	Denver, CO	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bagnell Auto Supply - Rockland	Rockland, MA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US9112 Downey	Downey, CA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	829 Fashion Show	Las Vegas, NV	38 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: 2021, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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