Steel merchant wholesalers · Washington

Morse Steel Service

Bellingham, WA · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Morse Steel Service runs at 426% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Morse Steel Service: 9.4 TCR = 426% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Morse Steel Service safety composite

Morse Steel Service scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−6.7

2019→2021

Morse Steel Service injury rate improved

Morse Steel Service's TCR fell 6.7 from 11.4 in 2019 to 4.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.4 · 2020=12.1 · 2021=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Bellingham, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 426% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #23/32
  • PHOTO American Steel And A…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Steel And Aluminum - Liverpool (0.0 TCR gap)

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Morse Steel Service in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Morse Steel Service averages 9.4 TCR (426% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Morse Steel Service TCR series: 2019=11.4 · 2020=12.1 · 2021=4.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Morse Steel Service falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 32 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Washington.

Morse Steel Service (48 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 Morse Steel Service
Morse Steel Service (48 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Morse Steel Service has more employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2021 4.7 2.3 2 0 0
2020 12.1 7.2 5 0 0
2019 11.4 8.6 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · WA · Bellingham

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR American Steel And Aluminum - Liverpool 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty Steel Industries of Warren 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Merfish United Easton 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Metals Inc. 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cold Creek Vineyards #8 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE F/T Constellation 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE F/T Defender 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Esperanza Ridge LLC 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Washington University 3,794 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus 2,537 FTE
CITY-NEAR North American Operations - Matrix Service Inc. 2,063 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHMG SJMC Clinics 864 FTE
NAT-TCR Unit #2427 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Manor Care Health Services Sarasota 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ACC Care Center 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SUNNYVALE VW B&B Saab 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ruan Transport Corporation T-166 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ruan Transport Corporation T-668 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vtm-480 Manufacturing 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ennis-Flint Salem, OR 48 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: 2021, 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.