Underpinning, construction · Washington

SME Solutions, LLC

Lakewood, WA · ~120 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SME Solutions, LLC runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Underpinning, construction workplace, earning a grade B.

SME Solutions, LLC: 1.9 TCR = 66% of Underpinning, construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SME Solutions, LLC safety composite

SME Solutions, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−0.9

2022→2024

SME Solutions, LLC injury rate improved

SME Solutions, LLC's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.7 in 2022 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.7 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Lakewood, WA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #10/27
  • PHOTO Apache - Keppel Amfels
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Apache - Keppel Amfels (0.0 TCR gap)

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SME Solutions, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SME Solutions, LLC averages 1.9 TCR (66% of the Underpinning, construction BLS benchmark).

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

SME Solutions, LLC TCR series: 2022=1.7 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 2.8

Where SME Solutions, LLC falls in its industry

1,634 Underpinning, construction establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 27 Underpinning, construction employers in Washington.

SME Solutions, LLC (120 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate SME Solutions, LLC
SME Solutions, LLC (120 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

SME Solutions, LLC has more employees than the Underpinning, construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2024 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2023 3.1 1.6 3 1 0
2022 1.7 1.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · WA · Lakewood

1,634 Underpinning, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 93 employers in Lakewood, 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 Apache - Keppel Amfels 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Skyline Scaffold Inc Main Office 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brand Energy Services, LLC - Phoenix 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Associated Scaffolding Company Incorporated 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skagit Horticulture - MB 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolverine Orchards LLC 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wm. Winkler Company 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE McClone Construction-WA 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL 2,651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western 2,314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-46060001-460601 729 FTE
CITY-NEAR 46060001-460601 ST. CLARE HOSPITAL 704 FTE
NAT-TCR 3437 - Woodmere Village Square 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR In-Situ Inc 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Regency at Lansing West 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pemberton Davis Electric 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Veritas Steel LLC 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9417 - Target.com Savannah GA TFC 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crockett Enterprises, Inc. 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3375 - Houston Montrose 120 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. 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.