Fire sprinkler system installation · Washington

Smith Fire Systems

Tacoma, WA · ~162 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith Fire Systems runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Smith Fire Systems: 4.2 TCR = 149% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith Fire Systems safety composite

Smith Fire Systems scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Smith Fire Systems: 3.6 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2022

Smith Fire Systems's TCR rose 1.1 from 3.6 in 2021 to 4.7 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 149% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #58/145
  • PHOTO Freedom Fire Pro, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Freedom Fire Pro, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smith Fire Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith Fire Systems averages 4.2 TCR (149% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

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

Smith Fire Systems TCR series: 2021=3.6 · 2022=4.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Smith Fire Systems falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 145 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in Washington.

Smith Fire Systems (162 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Smith Fire Systems
Smith Fire Systems (162 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Smith Fire Systems has more employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2022 4.7 3.5 8 0 0
2021 3.6 2.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · WA · Tacoma

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation 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 Freedom Fire Pro, LLC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Isaac heating and air conditioning Rochester 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gohn & Stambaugh 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR JARRETT FIRE PROTECTION, LLC 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE BT Bellevue 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milne Fruit Products, Inc. 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE THE TRUSS COMPANY AND BUILDING SUPPLY-SUMNER 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Protective Coatings Inc 162 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 Gavilon Grain - Creston 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PSSI - 0036 Abbyland Foods Inc. - Abbotsford 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PSSI - 0669 Mountaire Farms Inc. - Siler City 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Princeton Marriott at Forrestal 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE RTC Aerospace - Chatsworth Division, Inc. 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE JBS Greeley Value Added 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE BComm Constructors, LLC 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE SMM Group Claremont Terminal 162 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: 2022, 2021. 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.