Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing · Washington
Van Doren Sales, Inc.
East Wenatchee, WA · ~133 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Van Doren Sales, Inc. runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Van Doren Sales, Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 6.1 to the Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (184% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Van Doren Sales, Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Van Doren Sales, Inc. falls in its industry
292 Bag opening, filling, and clos establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Trend analysis for Van Doren Sales, Inc.
Between 2016 and 2023, Van Doren Sales, Inc.'s Total Case Rate improved from 9.2 to 2.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 68% decrease across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 2.2, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 9.2, a spread of 7.1 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 8 reporting years, Van Doren Sales, Inc. recorded 56 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-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 56 injuries, 14 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Van Doren Sales, Inc. are sourced from its own 8 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 333993 - Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
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.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 275,378 hours worked = 2.91 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Van Doren Sales, Inc. (this establishment) | 6.07 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Packaging machinery manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 333993 |
| 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 Van Doren Sales, Inc. 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.
- 2023: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 8 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 6 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 12 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 4 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 10 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 13 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 4 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 15 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 1 illnesses, 1 fatality - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.7 | 3.4 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Van Doren Sales, Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 184% of the Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing benchmark, Van Doren Sales, Inc. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing 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
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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.