Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books) · Washington

Lithtex NW

Name: Lithtex NW Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Bellingham, WA · ~94 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lithtex NW runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books) workplace, earning a grade C.

Lithtex NW: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lithtex NW safety composite

Lithtex NW scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−6.0

2016→2019

Lithtex NW injury rate improved

Lithtex NW's TCR fell 6.0 from 6.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Bellingham, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #9/14
PHOTO K-B Offset Printing,…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~94 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: K-B Offset Printing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Lithtex NW averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books) BLS benchmark).

Lithtex NW TCR series: 2016=6 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Lithtex NW falls in its industry

2,001 Print shops, lithographic (off establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 14 Print shops, lithographic (off employers in Washington.

Lithtex NW (94 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Lithtex NW has more employees than the Print shops, lithographic (offset) (exce median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	3.3	3.3	3
2016	6.0	0.0	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · WA · Bellingham

2,001 Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books) 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	K-B Offset Printing, Inc.	STATE COLLEGE, PA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vomela Commercial Group - VA	SPRINGFIELD, VA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Continental Web Press, Inc.	ITASCA, IL	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lux Global Label Puerto Rico, LLC	HUMACAO, PR	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	N. King_Potelco	REDMOND	94 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stacy and Witbeck/Atkinson, A Joint Venture - E335	BELLEVUE	94 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bergelectric Corporation-WA	RENTON	94 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Crux Home Office	SPOKANE VALLEY	94 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	Canton Operations	North Canton, OH	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Navarre Industries Inc	Navarre, OH	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tyler Distribution _T4	Monroe, NJ	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Veritiv Operating Company - FL271	Medley, FL	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Amesbury Group Plastic Profiles Inc	Cannon Falls, MN	94 FTE
NAT-SIZE	A.L. George, LLC	Binghamton, NY	94 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North Rehab	Saint Petersburg, FL	94 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kennybrook Village	Grimes, IA	94 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.