Motor freight carrier, general, local · Washington

Walsh Cowlitz

Napavine, WA · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walsh Cowlitz runs at 300% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade F.

Walsh Cowlitz: 13.5 TCR = 300% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walsh Cowlitz safety composite

Walsh Cowlitz scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.3

2017→2018

Walsh Cowlitz injury rate improved

Walsh Cowlitz's TCR fell 5.3 from 16.2 in 2017 to 10.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.2 · 2018=10.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Napavine, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 300% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #44/46
  • PHOTO Ward Trucking LLC-Al…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walsh Cowlitz in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walsh Cowlitz averages 13.5 TCR (300% of the Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS benchmark).

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

Walsh Cowlitz TCR series: 2017=16.2 · 2018=10.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Walsh Cowlitz falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 46 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Washington.

Walsh Cowlitz (41 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Walsh Cowlitz
Walsh Cowlitz (41 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Walsh Cowlitz has fewer employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2018 10.9 3.6 6 0 0
2017 16.2 4.6 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · WA · Napavine

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 5 employers in Napavine, 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 Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR D0430 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bangor - Terminal 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alsum Transport 13.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterworks, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Soos Creek Water & Sewer District 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Walsh Napavine 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meridian Auto Wrecking ST10 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 10 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Napavine Reload 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Naples (Flnap) 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Shop 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-738-Pottery Barn 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR WHEMCO-Steel Castings Inc. (Midland Plant) 13.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Yokohama Industries Americas Inc. Division 2 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Installation Group LLC 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE HBSHSEMD65 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cycle Chem Inc. Elizabeth TSDF 41 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: 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.