Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction · Washington

McDowell NW Inc.

Kent, WA · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

McDowell NW Inc. runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction workplace, earning a grade D.

McDowell NW Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 166% of Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

McDowell NW Inc. safety composite

McDowell NW Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−7.6

2019→2023

McDowell NW Inc. injury rate improved

McDowell NW Inc.'s TCR fell 7.6 from 7.6 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.6 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Kent, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 166% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/40
  • PHOTO Chandler Demolition
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chandler Demolition (0.0 TCR gap)

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McDowell NW Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows McDowell NW Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (166% of the Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction BLS benchmark).

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

McDowell NW Inc. TCR series: 2019=7.6 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where McDowell NW Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Caisson (i.e., drilled buildin establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 40 Caisson (i.e., drilled buildin employers in Washington.

McDowell NW Inc. (35 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate McDowell NW Inc.
McDowell NW Inc. (35 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

McDowell NW Inc. has fewer employees than the Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundati median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.3 0.0 2 0 0
2021 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 7.6 3.8 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · WA · Kent

1,750 Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 367 employers in Kent, 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 Chandler Demolition 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Downrite Engineering Corp. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DeWind Wells & Dewatering Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kenneth West Inc 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE BNW Quincy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pacific Aquaculture Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE F/V Arica 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Origin 3,939 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BFI4 2,994 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFI4 2,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR WA006 2,529 FTE
NAT-TCR NYP Corp - NJ 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Colonial Hall Manor, INC. 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Allegheny Surface Technology 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Keystone Petroleum Equipment, Ltd 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Majestic Kitchen & Bath Creations - Marble 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Joslyn Manufacturing Company, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Earle M Jorgensen Co 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Us Autoforce San Antonio 35 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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