Courier Services Except by Air · Washington

Kelso (Wakel)

Name: Kelso (Wakel) Workplace Safety Data
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Kelso, WA · ~82 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 10.7
Avg TCR: 6.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kelso (Wakel) runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Courier Services Except by Air workplace, earning a grade D.

Kelso (Wakel): 10.7 TCR = 165% of Courier Services Except by Air BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kelso (Wakel) safety composite

Kelso (Wakel) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 10.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: C 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−6.6

2016→2018

Kelso (Wakel) injury rate improved

Kelso (Wakel)'s TCR fell 6.6 from 13.9 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.9 · 2017=10.9 · 2018=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 10.7 · 165% of ind

DART 3.7 DART
RANK #77/168
PHOTO WISHE - SHEBOYGAN
BOOK 3y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WISHE - SHEBOYGAN (0.0 TCR gap)

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10.7
WISHE - SHEBOY

10.7
TXANG - ANGLET

10.7
841190000

10.7
63600000

10.7

What this shows Kelso (Wakel) averages 10.7 TCR (165% of the Courier Services Except by Air BLS benchmark).

Kelso (Wakel) TCR series: 2016=13.9 · 2017=10.9 · 2018=7.3 · BLS 6.5

Where Kelso (Wakel) falls in its industry

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #77 safest of 168 Courier Services Except by Air employers in Washington.

Kelso (Wakel) (82 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0

Kelso (Wakel) 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
2018	7.3	3.7	4	0
2017	10.9	7.2	5	1
2016	13.9	11.9	7	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492110 · WA · Kelso

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 35 employers in Kelso, 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	WISHE - SHEBOYGAN	SHEBOYGAN, WI	10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TXANG - ANGLETON	ANGLETON, TX	10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	841190000	WEST VALLEY CITY, UT	10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	63600000	NORWICH, CT	10.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Zillah	PASCO	82 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Smart Energy Today, Inc.	TUMWATER	82 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D83 Seattle ELTEC 8315	SEATTLE	82 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Titan Earthwork, LLC	PACIFIC	82 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Public Works - Parks	Kelso	621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Public Works Kelso Shop	Kelso	621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Admin Annex - Weeds	Kelso	621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Building & Planning	Kelso	621 FTE
NAT-TCR	St. Francis Center at the Knolls/Mt. Alverno Center	Warwick, NY	10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Archetype Signmakers, Inc.	Minneapolis, MN	10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Oklahoma City Ok - Cb Truck Parking	Oklahoma City, OK	10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Independence Property Services	Willow Grove, PA	10.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pueblo (Copue)	Pueblo, CO	82 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hartselle Center (Alhar)	Hartselle, AL	82 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Avante at Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	82 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kane Warehousing, Inc.-KC Pittston	Pittston, PA	82 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.

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