DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) · Washington

Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry

Richland, WA · ~28 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) workplace, earning a grade A.

Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry: 1.6 TCR = 41% of DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry safety composite

Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry held a steady TCR band

Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=6.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621210 · Richland, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P83
  • PHOTO The Lakes Community …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Lakes Community Health Center, INC Lakewood Campus (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry averages 1.6 TCR (41% of the DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) BLS benchmark).

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

Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=6.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry falls in its industry

81 DDSs' (doctors of dental surge establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry (28 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry
Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry (28 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry has fewer employees than the DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) office median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621210 · WA · Richland

81 DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 83 employers in Richland, 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 The Lakes Community Health Center, INC Lakewood Campus 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woodbury Dental and Eye 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2330 WOODBURY DENTAL EYE DEPT 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dental Associates Family & Specialty Care LLC - Waukesha 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wapatox 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canoe Ridge Estate Vineyards #12 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Long Ranch LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE SS BAILEY NURSERIES INC 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000320 4,577 FTE
CITY-NEAR WA566 KADLEC REGIONAL MEDICAL CTR-RICHLAND HR 2,150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC) 1,978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) 673 FTE
NAT-TCR Gault 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2994 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2980 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2950 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Creative Craftsmen DBA Ed Hoy's International 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quikrete - Okc 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Contech Pdxmp 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Restore Construction Service, Inc. 28 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.