Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Washington

SSI Tacoma

Tacoma, WA · ~136 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SSI Tacoma runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

SSI Tacoma: 4.7 TCR = 214% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SSI Tacoma safety composite

SSI Tacoma scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−8.0

2017→2024

SSI Tacoma injury rate improved

SSI Tacoma's TCR fell 8.0 from 10.0 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.0 · 2018=11.4 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 214% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO Joe W. Morgan, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~136 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Joe W. Morgan, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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SSI Tacoma in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SSI Tacoma averages 4.7 TCR (214% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

SSI Tacoma TCR series: 2017=10 · 2018=11.4 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.2

Where SSI Tacoma falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Washington.

SSI Tacoma (136 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 050100150 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate SSI Tacoma
SSI Tacoma (136 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SSI Tacoma has more employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2023 2.0 1.3 2 1 0
2022 2.5 2.5 4 0 0
2021 3.4 2.7 4 1 0
2020 5.8 5.1 8 0 0
2019 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2018 11.4 10.1 18 0 0
2017 10.0 8.6 12 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · WA · Tacoma

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers 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 Joe W. Morgan, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SA Recycling, Socorro 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbus Scrap Material 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norman W Paschall Co., Inc 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Valicoff Management Services 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pacific Seafood Westport 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3495-11DA083 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superfeet HQ - Ferndale 136 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 D&B Plating 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Stericycle - Woonsocket,RI-369 Park East 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pine River-Backus Schools 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Knf Crp 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE HM Clause - Modesto 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gaint Eagle #4237 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Tenet Palmetto General Evs 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03118 - WM of RI Cranston Hauling 136 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.