Laundry services, industrial · Washington

Northwest healthcare linen

Bellingham, WA · ~137 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest healthcare linen runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Laundry services, industrial workplace, earning a grade B.

Northwest healthcare linen: 1.4 TCR = 66% of Laundry services, industrial BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest healthcare linen safety composite

Northwest healthcare linen scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−316.4

2023→2024

Northwest healthcare linen injury rate improved

Northwest healthcare linen's TCR fell 316.4 from 317.8 in 2023 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 317.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=317.8 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812332 · Bellingham, WA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 66% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #1/20
  • PHOTO 252 252-FARGO ND
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~137 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 252 252-FARGO ND (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest healthcare linen in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest healthcare linen averages 1.4 TCR (66% of the Laundry services, industrial BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest healthcare linen TCR series: 2023=317.8 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 2.1

Where Northwest healthcare linen falls in its industry

917 Laundry services, industrial establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 20 Laundry services, industrial employers in Washington.

Northwest healthcare linen (137 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Northwest healthcare linen
Northwest healthcare linen (137 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Northwest healthcare linen has more employees than the Laundry services, industrial median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2023 317.8 105.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812332 · WA · Bellingham

917 Laundry services, industrial 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 252 252-FARGO ND 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MORRIS, IL - 231 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 180 - SALT LAKE CITY 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 015K - WISCONSIN RAPIDS 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Precision Electric Group 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pacific Coast Fruit Company Kent 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-1887 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE SWY-0019-0019-01611 FAC-01611-VANCOUVER-WA 137 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 Van Air Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR BRAINTREE-MA06 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gibson Electric 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Products Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE BROCKTON-MA60 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bway Cedar City 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aristech Surfaces LLC 137 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. 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.