Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers · Washington
NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima
Union Gap, WA · ~42 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima runs at 249% 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 - Yakima: 5.5 TCR = 249% of Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima safety composite
NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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 - Yakima: 0.0 → 6.8 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 15.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.24× in 2024
NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima's TCR rose 6.8 from 0.0 in 2019 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423830 · Union Gap, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 249% of ind
- DART 6.8 DART
- RANK #14/20
- PHOTO US NM Carlsbad 5321 …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~42 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: US NM Carlsbad 5321 Buena Vista Drive (0.0 TCR gap)
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NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima
5.5 TCR
- US NM Carlsbad
US NM Carlsbad 5321 Buena Vista Drive
5.5 TCR
- Vanmark Equipm
Vanmark Equipment LLC
5.5 TCR
- 06074-06-06-CI
06074-06-06-CITY OF INDUS. (YALE)
5.5 TCR
- Pfeiffer Vacuu
Pfeiffer Vacuum Austin
5.4 TCR
What this shows NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima averages 5.5 TCR (249% of the Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=15.7 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 2.2
Where NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima falls in its industry
911 Industrial machinery and equip establishmentsSafer than 15% 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 #14 safest of 20 Industrial machinery and equip employers in Washington.
NorthWest Handling Systems - Yakima 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 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15.7 | 9.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423830 · WA · Union Gap
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 · 36 employers in Union Gap, 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 | US NM Carlsbad 5321 Buena Vista Drive | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vanmark Equipment LLC | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 06074-06-06-CITY OF INDUS. (YALE) | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pfeiffer Vacuum Austin | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Constellation | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pacific Rim Log Scaling Bureau, Inc. | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Snohomish County PUD #1 - Lynnwood | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WA-Clark County | 42 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1013 - UNION GAP WA WHSE | 330 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CRO | 162 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Columbia Valley Fruit, LLC | 158 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prime Window Systems | 152 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | RRSC St. Louis Market | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arrow Exterminators 5115 | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | We Are Blood | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North Central Pallets, Inc. | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | T&H Plastics, Inc. | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Smyth Tribeca | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thomas Electrical inc | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Haakon Industries Ltd. | 42 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.