Telecommunications · Washington

NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma

Tacoma, WA · ~41 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma runs at 265% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications workplace, earning a grade F.

NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma: 7.4 TCR = 265% of Telecommunications BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma safety composite

NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−6.7

2016→2018

NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma injury rate improved

NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma's TCR fell 6.7 from 11.2 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.2 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 265% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #44/49
  • PHOTO Ken Becker & Sons Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ken Becker & Sons Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma averages 7.4 TCR (265% of the Telecommunications BLS benchmark).

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

NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma TCR series: 2016=11.2 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=4.5 · BLS 2.8

Where NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma falls in its industry

1,605 Telecommunications establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 49 Telecommunications employers in Washington.

NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma (41 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma
NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma (41 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma has fewer employees than the Telecommunications median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2018 4.5 4.5 2 0 0
2017 6.7 6.7 2 0 0
2016 11.2 11.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · WA · Tacoma

1,605 Telecommunications 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 Ken Becker & Sons Inc 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Illinois Electrical Coop 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR VCI:VC070 - VC070-VCI - Sun Valley, CA 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sellenriek Construction Jonesburg 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterworks, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Soos Creek Water & Sewer District 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Washington Branch 41 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 Nashville (Tnlve) 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wallingford (Ctwal) 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy Family Clinic - Regency 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Office 50 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE SC640 - Lexington, KY 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE IVWWD - Wildwood- FL 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ryerson- Indianapolis 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4028-AGAD25 41 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.