Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors · Washington

Lynden Sheet Metal

Lynden, WA · ~80 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lynden Sheet Metal runs at 367% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Lynden Sheet Metal: 10.3 TCR = 367% of Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lynden Sheet Metal safety composite

Lynden Sheet Metal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−6.0

2019→2024

Lynden Sheet Metal injury rate improved

Lynden Sheet Metal's TCR fell 6.0 from 17.0 in 2019 to 11.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 847.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=17.0 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=847.9 · 2024=11.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Lynden, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 367% of ind

  • DART 11.0 DART
  • RANK #124/145
  • PHOTO McDaniel and Son Plu…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 47 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McDaniel and Son Plumbing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lynden Sheet Metal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lynden Sheet Metal averages 10.3 TCR (367% of the Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Lynden Sheet Metal TCR series: 2019=17 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=847.9 · 2024=11 · BLS 2.8

Where Lynden Sheet Metal falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing, Heating, and Air Con establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #124 safest of 145 Plumbing, Heating, and Air Con employers in Washington.

Lynden Sheet Metal (80 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Lynden Sheet Metal
Lynden Sheet Metal (80 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Lynden Sheet Metal has more employees than the Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 11.0 11.0 10 0 0
2023 847.9 847.9 8 0 0
2022 7.9 6.9 8 0 0
2021 8.7 5.0 7 0 0
2020 6.7 5.0 4 0 0
2019 17.0 3.4 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · WA · Lynden

5,793 Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 52 employers in Lynden, 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 McDaniel and Son Plumbing, Inc. 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barker's Heating & Cooling 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Master Metals Inc 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rodgers Plumbing & Heating 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE PSE, SKA - Skagit Service Center 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kitsap Public Utility #1 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Toth Construction 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lynden Door, Inc. 515 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maberry Packing LLC 278 FTE
CITY-NEAR Enfield Farms Inc 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Christian Health Care Center 203 FTE
NAT-TCR Ashley Furniture Industries - Mesquite 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Staiman Recycling Corporation Williamsport 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cfl USA, LLC 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dfa-Pds-Pacific Mo 10.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Clair County Housing Authority 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Many Mansions 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ashby Public School 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohio Pet Foods Inc. 80 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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.