Pesticides manufacturing · Washington

Sterling International Inc.

Spokane, WA · ~294 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sterling International Inc. runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pesticides manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Sterling International Inc.: 6.1 TCR = 185% of Pesticides manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling International Inc. safety composite

Sterling International Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−3.1

2023→2024

Sterling International Inc. injury rate improved

Sterling International Inc.'s TCR fell 3.1 from 7.6 in 2023 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.6 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325320 · Spokane, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 185% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK P10
  • PHOTO Nufarm Chicago Heigh…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~294 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sterling International Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sterling International Inc. averages 6.1 TCR (185% of the Pesticides manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sterling International Inc. TCR series: 2023=7.6 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling International Inc. falls in its industry

145 Pesticides manufacturing establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Sterling International Inc. (294 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Sterling International Inc.
Sterling International Inc. (294 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Sterling International Inc. has more employees than the Pesticides manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 4.6 3.9 13 1 0
2023 7.6 7.6 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325320 · WA · Spokane

145 Pesticides manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 551 employers in Spokane, 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 Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Van Diest Supply Company Main Campus 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3rd Street Plant 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR IBC Manufacturing 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Metier Construction, Inc. 294 FTE
STATE-SIZE 701-00681 294 FTE
STATE-SIZE Custom Apple Packers Quincy 295 FTE
STATE-SIZE Garco Construction 295 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000345 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR WA642 SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER-SPOKANE HR 5,062 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - GEG1 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Spokane 2,451 FTE
NAT-TCR Dipietro Enterprises LLC 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dan Pilson Auto Center 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Treeline Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1746 Swn15 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABB 294 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairfield 294 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nelbud 294 FTE
NAT-SIZE Michigan Center 294 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. 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.