Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Washington

VMS Ridgefield

Ridgefield, WA · ~324 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VMS Ridgefield runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

VMS Ridgefield: 1.3 TCR = 30% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VMS Ridgefield safety composite

VMS Ridgefield scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2017→2023

VMS Ridgefield injury rate improved

VMS Ridgefield's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.3 in 2017 to 0.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.3 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311340 · Ridgefield, WA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 30% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Mankato MN (Whse)
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~324 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mankato MN (Whse) (0.0 TCR gap)

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VMS Ridgefield in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VMS Ridgefield averages 1.3 TCR (30% of the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

VMS Ridgefield TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=1 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=0.4 · BLS 4.2

Where VMS Ridgefield falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

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 4 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Washington.

VMS Ridgefield (324 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate VMS Ridgefield
VMS Ridgefield (324 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

VMS Ridgefield has more employees than the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2023 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 5 0 0
2021 1.6 1.6 5 0 0
2020 1.5 1.5 5 0 0
2019 1.3 1.3 4 0 0
2018 1.0 1.0 3 0 0
2017 1.3 0.6 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · WA · Ridgefield

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 45 employers in Ridgefield, 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 Mankato MN (Whse) 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HARIBO of America Manufacturing LLC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eagle Foods WKG 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CALIFORNIA SNACK FOODS INC 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE NDC / Fresh Cube 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE MultiCare Pulse Heart Institute 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE OMAX Corporation 323 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2037 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR ilani resort casino 1,058 FTE
CITY-NEAR 53-046456260-3 474 FTE
CITY-NEAR DC7 DC7 RIDGEFIELD WA 419 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4186-DC7 224 FTE
NAT-TCR GEO Surfaces 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR United Tool & Machine Corporation 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The J.M. Smucker Company Topeka Distribution Center 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 55326 Kennesaw State Univ 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Midway Distribution Center DC2 & DC2B 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE NorthEast C/O and DistColl - Bld: 6232 - 01 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sysco Nashville 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philips NAM Orange OH 324 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.