Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers · Washington
NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane
Spokane, WA · ~26 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane runs at 352% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane: 7.7 TCR = 352% of Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane safety composite
NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 16.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% 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%).
Rising injury rate
NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane: 0.0 → 16.9 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 17.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.19× in 2024
NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane's TCR rose 16.9 from 0.0 in 2019 to 16.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 17.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423830 · Spokane, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 352% of ind
- DART 16.9 DART
- RANK #19/20
- PHOTO Branch 5
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~26 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Branch 5 (0.0 TCR gap)
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NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- JF Acquisition
JF Acquisitions, LLC d/b/a JF Petroleum Group: Charlotte, NC
7.9 TCR
- Branch 5
Branch 5
7.8 TCR
- This site
NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane
7.7 TCR
- Process System
Process Systems Inc
7.7 TCR
- Orlando Branch
Orlando Branch
7.7 TCR
What this shows NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane averages 7.7 TCR (352% of the Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=17.1 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=7 · 2024=16.9 · BLS 2.2
Where NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane falls in its industry
911 Industrial machinery and equip establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 20 Industrial machinery and equip employers in Washington.
NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane has fewer employees than the Industrial machinery and equipment (exce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423830 · WA · Spokane
911 Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 551 employers in Spokane, 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 | Branch 5 | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Process Systems Inc | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Orlando Branch | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JF Acquisitions, LLC d/b/a JF Petroleum Group: Charlotte, NC | 7.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bosma Ag Enterprises | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mountain Shadow Nursery LLC | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Trout Lake Farm East Mill | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D&A Dairy LLC | 26 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2252-00000345 | 6,769 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WA642 SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER-SPOKANE HR | 5,062 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - GEG1 | 2,476 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Spokane | 2,451 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sico North America | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Des Moines Ia - 3046 | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Miamisburg Oh - 3296 | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Americold Logistics, LLC: Burley | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | We Recycle Solar, Inc. | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Top Grade Site Management, LLC | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | IBC Manufacturing | 26 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.