General Merchandise Store · Washington

North Tacoma

Tacoma, WA · ~60 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Tacoma runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General Merchandise Store workplace, earning a grade F.

North Tacoma: 7.3 TCR = 216% of General Merchandise Store BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Tacoma safety composite

North Tacoma scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−4.9

2018→2020

North Tacoma injury rate improved

North Tacoma's TCR fell 4.9 from 10.1 in 2018 to 5.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.1 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 216% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #38/49
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1286…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1286 CLEBURNE, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Tacoma in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Tacoma averages 7.3 TCR (216% of the General Merchandise Store BLS benchmark).

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

North Tacoma TCR series: 2018=10.1 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=5.2 · BLS 3.4

Where North Tacoma falls in its industry

2,120 General Merchandise Store establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 49 General Merchandise Store employers in Washington.

North Tacoma (60 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate North Tacoma
North Tacoma (60 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

North Tacoma has more employees than the General Merchandise Store median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 5.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.8 6.8 2 0 0
2018 10.1 6.7 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · WA · Tacoma

2,120 General Merchandise Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 445 employers in Tacoma, 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 Big Lots Store #1286 CLEBURNE, TX 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4575 Tulare, CA 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1809 Aston Mills, PA 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1420 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbia Crest Estate Vineyards #10 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE FV Clipper Surprise 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cascade Natural Gas General office 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer District 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tacoma General Hospital (Companied 10 & 20) 3,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Tacoma 3,689 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tacoma General Hospital 3,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-46080001-460801 3,061 FTE
NAT-TCR Fresno Produce, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ritescreen 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR United Sprinkler Company, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Lakes Stainless 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Custom Utilicom, Inc. 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Staybridge Suites 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owatonna Motor Company 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landau Building Company 60 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, 2018. 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.