Marine cargo handling services · Washington

SSAT Tacoma CEM

Tacoma, WA · ~35 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SSAT Tacoma CEM runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade D.

SSAT Tacoma CEM: 6.5 TCR = 144% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SSAT Tacoma CEM safety composite

SSAT Tacoma CEM scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

SSAT Tacoma CEM: 0.0 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.78× in 2024

SSAT Tacoma CEM's TCR rose 6.7 from 0.0 in 2017 to 6.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488320 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 144% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #14/38
  • PHOTO Metro Cruise SF
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metro Cruise SF (0.0 TCR gap)

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SSAT Tacoma CEM in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SSAT Tacoma CEM averages 6.5 TCR (144% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).

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

SSAT Tacoma CEM TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=8 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=9.8 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 4.5

Where SSAT Tacoma CEM falls in its industry

391 Marine cargo handling services establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 38 Marine cargo handling services employers in Washington.

SSAT Tacoma CEM (35 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SSAT Tacoma CEM
SSAT Tacoma CEM (35 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8

SSAT Tacoma CEM has fewer employees than the Marine cargo handling services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 6.7 5.0 4 0 0
2020 9.8 4.9 4 0 0
2019 7.8 2.6 3 0 0
2018 8.0 8.0 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488320 · WA · Tacoma

391 Marine cargo handling services 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 Metro Cruise SF 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Luis A. Ayala Colon Sucrs., Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSA Pacific, Stockton Terminal 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE BNW Quincy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pacific Aquaculture Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE F/V Arica 35 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 Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Durex Coverings - MD 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR HH-LAKECCC 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Oglethorpe Hatchery 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE The McCoy Group Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Hill 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adult Urgent Care 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schanno-McClaskey Orchards, Inc. 35 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.