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

Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington

Name: Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Kent, WA · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington: 2.4 TCR = 84% of Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington safety composite

Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−0.8

2019→2020

Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington injury rate improved

Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.8 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.8 · 2020=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Kent, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 84% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #11/40
PHOTO CHAMPION SITE PREP I…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CHAMPION SITE PREP INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3

What this shows Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington averages 2.4 TCR (84% of the Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction BLS benchmark).

Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington TCR series: 2019=2.8 · 2020=1.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington falls in its industry

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

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

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 40 Caisson (i.e., drilled buildin employers in Washington.

Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington (39 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Michels Drilled Foundations- Washington has fewer employees than the Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundati median and a lower 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
2020	1.9	0.0	1	0	0
2019	2.8	2.8	1	0	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	CHAMPION SITE PREP INC.	GEORGETOWN, TX	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fischer Construction LLC	BROOKFIELD, WI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Don E. Bower Inc.	BERWICK, PA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Illinois Civil Contractors, Inc.	EAST PEORIA, IL	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lookout Point	YAKIMA	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	VAIL AREA	RAINIER	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Defender	SEATTLE	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PSE, BAK - Baker River Office	CONCRETE	39 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Blue Origin	Kent	3,939 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BFI4	Kent	2,994 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - BFI4	Kent	2,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WA006	Kent	2,529 FTE
NAT-TCR	UNIT855	Lansing, MI	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Armstrong Transportation & Trailers, LLC	Memphis, TN	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carriage House	Norwalk, OH	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Many Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center	Many, LA	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Inclusion South	Twin Falls, ID	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pac - Tx	Tyler, TX	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Spee-Dee Delivery Service, Inc. - Duluth	Duluth, MN	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Knoll Inc	Muskegon, MI	39 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: 2020, 2019. 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.