Loading and unloading services at ports and harbors · Washington
Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT
Tacoma, WA · ~168 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.1
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT runs at 314% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Loading and unloading services at ports and harbors workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 13
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT's OSHA Total Case Rate of 14.1 to the Loading and unloading services at ports and harbors BLS benchmark of 4.5 (314% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT falls in its industry
439 Loading and unloading services establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 43 Loading and unloading services employers in Washington.
Trend analysis for Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT
Between 2018 and 2019, Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT's Total Case Rate worsened from 11.1 to 17.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 55% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 11.1, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 17.2, a spread of 6.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT recorded 13 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 13 injuries, 9 illnesses shown on this page for Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 488320 - Loading and unloading services at ports and harbors.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2019)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 139,881 hours worked = 2.86 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT (this establishment) | 14.12 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Marine cargo handling services industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 488320 |
| Washington state avg (all industries) | 6.20 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 12 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 6 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 10 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17.2 | 2.9 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.1 | 6.7 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT's reported OSHA injury record versus its Loading and unloading services at ports and harbors peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 314% of the Loading and unloading services at ports and harbors benchmark, Tacoma Container Terminal PAW-TCT reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Loading and unloading services at ports and harbors sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.