Treating wood products with creosote or other preservatives · Washington
Tacoma Plant
Tacoma, WA · ~131 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tacoma Plant runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Treating wood products with creosote or other preservatives workplace, earning a grade D.
Tacoma Plant: 4.6 TCR = 140% of Treating wood products with creosote or other preservatives BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tacoma Plant safety composite
Tacoma Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
Tacoma Plant: 3.8 → 5.2 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2024
Tacoma Plant's TCR rose 1.5 from 3.8 in 2018 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321114 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 140% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO Rison
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 44 inj
- SIZE ~131 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rison (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tacoma Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Tacoma Plant
4.6 TCR
- Rison
Rison
4.6 TCR
- UFP Schertz,LL
UFP Schertz,LLC
4.6 TCR
- Desoto Treated
Desoto Treated Materials
4.6 TCR
- UFP Janesville
UFP Janesville, LLC
4.5 TCR
What this shows Tacoma Plant averages 4.6 TCR (140% of the Treating wood products with creosote or other preservatives BLS benchmark).
Tacoma Plant TCR series: 2018=3.8 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Tacoma Plant falls in its industry
183 Treating wood products with cr establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Treating wood products with cr employers in Washington.
Tacoma Plant has more employees than the Treating wood products with creosote or median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321114 · WA · Tacoma
183 Treating wood products with creosote or other preservatives 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 | Rison | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UFP Schertz,LLC | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Desoto Treated Materials | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UFP Janesville, LLC | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Greater Seattle Concrete, Inc | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gold Seal Mechanical Inc | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Purcell P&C LLC. | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greenleaf Foods | 131 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 | Dart Warehouse Corporation - Aurora | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Red Carpet Car Wash and Quick Lube Main | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | El Dorado County Office of Education | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AeroRepair South LLC | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tamura Superette, Inc. | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CS Wholesale Grocers : Plant City, FL (PDC) | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Transportation : Baldwin - Trans | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Park Avenue Catering | 131 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.