Hardwood plywood composites manufacturing · Washington

Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co.

Tacoma, WA · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co. runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hardwood plywood composites manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co.: 1.9 TCR = 57% of Hardwood plywood composites manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co. safety composite

Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co.: 0.0 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2020

Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co.'s TCR rose 3.8 from 0.0 in 2019 to 3.8 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321211 · Tacoma, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 57% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Mohawk UNILIN North …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mohawk UNILIN North American Flooring (0.1 TCR gap)

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Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co. averages 1.9 TCR (57% of the Hardwood plywood composites manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co. TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co. falls in its industry

116 Hardwood plywood composites ma establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

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 4 Hardwood plywood composites ma employers in Washington.

Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co. (39 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co.
Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co. (39 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Rainier Plywood dba Richlite Co. has fewer employees than the Hardwood plywood composites manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2020 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321211 · WA · Tacoma

116 Hardwood plywood composites manufacturing 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 Mohawk UNILIN North American Flooring 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Davidson Plyforms 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kimball Cherry St 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbia Forest Products 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lookout Point 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE VAIL AREA 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Defender 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE PSE, BAK - Baker River Office 39 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 Munroe Regional Medical Center 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt Paper, LA LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Owensboro Specialty Polymers 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1043-CCS Support &Virtual Care 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grace Label 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Countryside Nursery 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roofing Contractor 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heartland Villa Center 39 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: 2020, 2019. 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.