Hardware stores · Washington

Tacoma, WA

Name: Tacoma, WA Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Plainfield, WA · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.9
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tacoma, WA runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade A.

Tacoma, WA: 0.9 TCR = 27% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tacoma, WA safety composite

Tacoma, WA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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, WA: 0.0 → 1.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2017

Tacoma, WA's TCR rose 1.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Plainfield, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 27% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #1/49
PHOTO St. Johnsbury, VT
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: St. Johnsbury, VT (0.0 TCR gap)

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OHC Supply

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Hahn Ace Hardw

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Gaithersburg

1
This site

0.9
St. Johnsbury,

0.9

What this shows Tacoma, WA averages 0.9 TCR (27% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

Tacoma, WA TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Tacoma, WA falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 49 Hardware stores employers in Washington.

Tacoma, WA (48 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Tacoma, WA has more employees than the Hardware stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2017	1.8	1.8	1	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · WA · Plainfield

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	St. Johnsbury, VT	ST. JOHNSBURY, VT	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OHC Supply	GUTHRIE, OK	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hahn Ace Hardware - Hartford	HARTFORD, WI	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gaithersburg	GAITHERSBURG, MD	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cold Creek Vineyards #8	WOODINVILLE, WA	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	F/T Constellation	SEATTLE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	F/T Defender	SEATTLE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Esperanza Ridge LLC	EAST WENATCHEE	48 FTE
NAT-TCR	Radial	Mccarran, NV	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pacifica Millcreek LLC	Salt Lake City, UT	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	HTXRS01	Richardson, TX	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gavilon Fertilizer - Savannah	Savannah, GA	0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Truman Valley Healthcare Inc	Windsor, MO	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Malden LLC	Malden, MO	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southeast Connections LLc ( Savannah, Georgia)	Garden City, GA	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Building 21/CP/Fleet /Maint	Macungie, PA	48 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: 2017, 2016. 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.