Employer · Washington

S05542 - WM South Sound

Auburn, WA · ~99 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S05542 - WM South Sound runs at 315% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

S05542 - WM South Sound: 8.2 TCR = 315% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S05542 - WM South Sound safety composite

S05542 - WM South Sound scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−10.6

2016→2024

S05542 - WM South Sound injury rate improved

S05542 - WM South Sound's TCR fell 10.6 from 12.7 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 23.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.7 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=23.3 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Auburn, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 315% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #20/28
  • PHOTO University Rd.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~99 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: University Rd. (0.0 TCR gap)

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S05542 - WM South Sound in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S05542 - WM South Sound averages 8.2 TCR (315% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S05542 - WM South Sound TCR series: 2016=12.7 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=23.3 · 2019=8 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 2.6

Where S05542 - WM South Sound falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 28 industry employers in Washington.

S05542 - WM South Sound (99 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate S05542 - WM South Sound
S05542 - WM South Sound (99 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S05542 - WM South Sound has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2023 4.2 3.1 4 0 0
2022 7.4 6.3 7 0 0
2021 6.7 5.5 6 0 0
2020 8.2 5.8 7 0 0
2019 8.0 8.0 6 1 0
2018 23.3 0.0 9 12 0
2017 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 12.7 12.7 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · WA · Auburn

2,322 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 166 employers in Auburn, 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 University Rd. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mountain State Waste - Jane Lew 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04175 - WM of Greencastle 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Environmental Pontiac 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sunnyside Dairy, LLC 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE SDC, LLC 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE DPR Construction - Seattle 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Korsmo 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR WA001 4,392 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zones, LLC 1,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR Muckleshoot Casino 1,616 FTE
CITY-NEAR Muckleshoot Indian Tribe 1,367 FTE
NAT-TCR Formex-Lawrenceville 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Landscapes USA - OKC 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Stafford 004 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR el super 10 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Industrial Fence, Inc. 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE S02935 - Springdale Hauling 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kokoku Rubber Inc. KY Factory Manufacturing Division 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0245 San Mateo 99 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.