Grocery stores · Washington
PCC Community Markets - Ballard
Seattle, WA · ~139 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
PCC Community Markets - Ballard runs at 409% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 38
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares PCC Community Markets - Ballard's OSHA Total Case Rate of 13.9 to the Grocery stores BLS benchmark of 3.4 (409% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
PCC Community Markets - Ballard's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.4 industry benchmark.
Where PCC Community Markets - Ballard falls in its industry
31,897 Grocery stores establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #806 safest of 899 Grocery stores employers in Washington.
Trend analysis for PCC Community Markets - Ballard
Between 2022 and 2024, PCC Community Markets - Ballard's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 13.4 to 14.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 5% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 13.4, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 14.3, a spread of 0.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 3 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, PCC Community Markets - Ballard recorded 38 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 38 injuries shown on this page for PCC Community Markets - Ballard are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 445110 - Grocery stores.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
13 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 184,981 hours worked = 14.06 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PCC Community Markets - Ballard (this establishment) | 13.92 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Grocery stores industry avg | 3.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 445110 |
| Washington state avg (all industries) | 6.20 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by PCC Community Markets - Ballard to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 13 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 13 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on PCC Community Markets - Ballard's reported OSHA injury record versus its Grocery stores peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 409% of the Grocery stores benchmark, PCC Community Markets - Ballard reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Grocery stores sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.