Animal shelters · Washington

Whatcom Humane Society

Bellingham, WA · ~39 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.4
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Whatcom Humane Society runs at 875% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal shelters workplace, earning a grade F.

Whatcom Humane Society: 18.4 TCR = 875% of Animal shelters BLS 2.1 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Whatcom Humane Society safety composite

Whatcom Humane Society scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 18.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

Whatcom Humane Society: 10.7 → 15.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 34.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2024

Whatcom Humane Society's TCR rose 5.1 from 10.7 in 2016 to 15.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 34.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812910 · Bellingham, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.4 · 875% of ind

  • DART 7.9 DART
  • RANK P40
  • PHOTO City Of Sacramento-A…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City Of Sacramento-Animal Care Roll-up (210014) (0.6 TCR gap)

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Whatcom Humane Society in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Whatcom Humane Society averages 18.4 TCR (875% of the Animal shelters BLS benchmark).

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

Whatcom Humane Society TCR series: 2016=10.7 · 2019=34.5 · 2020=28 · 2021=21.9 · 2022=15 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=15.8 · BLS 2.1

Where Whatcom Humane Society falls in its industry

65 Animal shelters establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 15.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Whatcom Humane Society (39 employees, TCR 18.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8 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 0200400600 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Whatcom Humane Society
Whatcom Humane Society (39 employees, TCR 18.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8

Whatcom Humane Society has fewer employees than the Animal shelters median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 15.8. 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 15.8 7.9 6 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2022 15.0 3.0 3 2 0
2021 21.9 9.4 6 1 0
2020 28.0 14.0 8 0 0
2019 34.5 17.2 9 1 0
2016 10.7 7.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812910 · WA · Bellingham

65 Animal shelters employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 210 employers in Bellingham, 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 City Of Sacramento-Animal Care Roll-up (210014) 17.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Animal Services 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palm Valley Animal Society, PVAS 19.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elaine's Pet Resorts Madera 19.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lookout Point 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE VAIL AREA 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Defender 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE PSE, BAK - Baker River Office 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Washington University 3,794 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus 2,537 FTE
CITY-NEAR North American Operations - Matrix Service Inc. 2,063 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHMG SJMC Clinics 864 FTE
NAT-TCR Winder Healthcare and Rehab 18.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Rosewood Avenue IRA 18.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 308 N. Railroad Ave 18.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0765 Winter Park 18.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Columbia Packing Co, Inc 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cortland 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Location 1 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE ProTrition Jackson Feed mill 39 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.