Deinking plants · Washington
O-I Kalama
Kalama, WA · ~91 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
O-I Kalama runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Deinking plants workplace, earning a grade D.
O-I Kalama: 5.9 TCR = 178% of Deinking plants BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
O-I Kalama safety composite
O-I Kalama scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 54% 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
O-I Kalama: 3.2 → 8.0 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.22× in 2021
O-I Kalama's TCR rose 4.8 from 3.2 in 2019 to 8.0 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322110 · Kalama, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 178% of ind
- DART 7.2 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO NEW GREEN DAY, LLC
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~91 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NEW GREEN DAY, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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O-I Kalama in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
O-I Kalama
5.9 TCR
- NEW GREEN DAY,
NEW GREEN DAY, LLC
5.8 TCR
- TN708 Memphis
TN708 Memphis Cellulose
5.6 TCR
- CBC Coating
CBC Coating
5.4 TCR
- Schwartz Manuf
Schwartz Manufacturing Company
5.2 TCR
What this shows O-I Kalama averages 5.9 TCR (178% of the Deinking plants BLS benchmark).
O-I Kalama TCR series: 2019=3.2 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=8 · BLS 3.3
Where O-I Kalama falls in its industry
46 Deinking plants establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Deinking plants employers in Washington.
O-I Kalama has fewer employees than the Deinking plants 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322110 · WA · Kalama
46 Deinking plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 12 employers in Kalama, 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 | NEW GREEN DAY, LLC | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TN708 Memphis Cellulose | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CBC Coating | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schwartz Manufacturing Company | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MWR RIVERSIDE ORCHARDS LLC | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central Maintenance (Location) | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | T Diamond Bar LLC | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Construction | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Public Works Kalama Shop | 621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steelscape | 257 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | RSG Forest Products | 172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LANXESS Corporation - Kalama | 151 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | OHC | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arktura LLC | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Indiana University Health North Hospital, Inc | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Viking Fabrication - Irving (DFW) | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | The Detering Company of Houston LP | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Custom Building Products MIAC | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | US040: Allied Phoenix | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Residence at Five Corners | 91 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.