Employer · Washington

WA075 Tacoma Gypsum

Tacoma, WA · ~115 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WA075 Tacoma Gypsum runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

WA075 Tacoma Gypsum: 5.7 TCR = 173% of industry BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WA075 Tacoma Gypsum safety composite

WA075 Tacoma Gypsum scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

WA075 Tacoma Gypsum: 3.2 → 7.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2024

WA075 Tacoma Gypsum's TCR rose 4.7 from 3.2 in 2016 to 7.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327420 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO NGC - Richmond Plant
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~115 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NGC - Richmond Plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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WA075 Tacoma Gypsum in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WA075 Tacoma Gypsum averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

WA075 Tacoma Gypsum TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=4.1 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=7.9 · BLS 3.3

Where WA075 Tacoma Gypsum falls in its industry

123 industry establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 industry employers in Washington.

WA075 Tacoma Gypsum (115 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate WA075 Tacoma Gypsum
WA075 Tacoma Gypsum (115 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3

WA075 Tacoma Gypsum has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 7.9 3.6 5 6 0
2023 3.8 3.8 4 0 0
2022 6.6 1.6 2 6 0
2020 4.1 2.5 4 1 0
2019 11.1 8.5 11 2 0
2018 4.7 2.8 4 1 0
2017 4.3 4.3 5 0 0
2016 3.2 1.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327420 · WA · Tacoma

123 industry 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 NGC - Richmond Plant 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CertainTeed-Gypsum Manufacturing 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NV010 Las Vegas Gypsum 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CertainTeed Gypsum 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE C/P Pacific Glacier 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE FV Ocean Rover 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gold Crown Nursery, LLC 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE NORTH STAR Vessel LLC 115 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 Jefferson City Mo - 3246 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Youngwood 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Chanute Manufacturing Co 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ViskoTeepak LLC 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE CA015 Antioch Gypsum 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE 540-FC242 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huntington Terrace 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastridge Nursing and Rehabilitation 115 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.