Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Washington

Northwest Confections Washington, LLC

Tacoma, WA · ~44 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
27.8
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Confections Washington, LLC runs at 662% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Northwest Confections Washington, LLC: 27.8 TCR = 662% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Confections Washington, LLC safety composite

Northwest Confections Washington, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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 27.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−31.4

2021→2024

Northwest Confections Washington, LLC injury rate improved

Northwest Confections Washington, LLC's TCR fell 31.4 from 46.7 in 2021 to 15.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 46.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=46.7 · 2022=30.2 · 2023=19.0 · 2024=15.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311340 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 27.8 · 662% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Northwest Confection…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northwest Confections Illinois, LLC (2.1 TCR gap)

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Northwest Confections Washington, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Confections Washington, LLC averages 27.8 TCR (662% of the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest Confections Washington, LLC TCR series: 2021=46.7 · 2022=30.2 · 2023=19 · 2024=15.3 · BLS 4.2

Where Northwest Confections Washington, LLC falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #4 safest of 4 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Washington.

Northwest Confections Washington, LLC (44 employees, TCR 27.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Northwest Confections Washington, LLC
Northwest Confections Washington, LLC (44 employees, TCR 27.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Northwest Confections Washington, LLC has fewer employees than the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturi 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
2024 15.3 6.6 6 1 0
2023 19.0 14.3 4 4 0
2022 30.2 27.2 9 1 0
2021 46.7 46.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · WA · Tacoma

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing 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 Northwest Confections Illinois, LLC 25.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Confections Colorado, LLC 25.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Confections Arizona, LLC 24.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Natural Goods, LLC 21.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Veldhuis Dairy LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nisqually 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aberdeen Area 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE A.L.R.T. Corporation 44 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 CWNC OPS INC dba Edgewood Health and Rehab 27.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Park Services 27.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Camp Sea Gull - Ymca of the Triangle 27.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Talahi Senior Campus 27.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Laurelhurst/Laurelwoods 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Joseph Tower Assisted Living 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Garden Inn/Home 2 Suites Orlando Downtown 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-States Millwright & Builders, Inc. 44 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.