Bus line, local (except mixed mode) · Washington

Whatcom Transportation Authority

Name: Whatcom Transportation Authority Workplace Safety Data
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Bellingham, WA · ~291 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 8.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Whatcom Transportation Authority runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bus line, local (except mixed mode) workplace, earning a grade D.

Whatcom Transportation Authority: 8.3 TCR = 184% of Bus line, local (except mixed mode) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Whatcom Transportation Authority safety composite

Whatcom Transportation Authority scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers
DART rate: C 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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 Transportation Authority: 3.0 → 16.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 16.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2024

Whatcom Transportation Authority's TCR rose 13.9 from 3.0 in 2018 to 16.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485113 · Bellingham, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 184% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #4/6
PHOTO RTA
BOOK 4y book
INJ 61 inj
SIZE ~291 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RTA (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Whatcom Transportation Authority averages 8.3 TCR (184% of the Bus line, local (except mixed mode) BLS benchmark).

Whatcom Transportation Authority TCR series: 2018=3 · 2022=10.2 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=16.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Whatcom Transportation Authority falls in its industry

332 Bus line, local (except mixed establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Bus line, local (except mixed employers in Washington.

Whatcom Transportation Authority (291 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Whatcom Transportation Authority has more employees than the Bus line, local (except mixed mode) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2024	16.9	3.0	37	8
2023	3.1	1.1	6	2
2022	10.2	9.4	11	14
2018	3.0	1.3	7	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485113 · WA · Bellingham

332 Bus line, local (except mixed mode) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	RTA	RIVERSIDE, CA	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Central VA Transit Management Company Inc.	LYNCHBURG, VA	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6091-353	BURLINGTON, NC	8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Management of Transportation Services of Gardner, Inc	GARDNER, MA	8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Northwest Motorsport LLC	PUYALLUP	291 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 2016	COLVILLE	291 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wenatchee Valley Medical Group	WENATCHEE	291 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Martha and Mary Health Services	POULSBO	291 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Washington University	Bellingham	3,794 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus	Bellingham	2,537 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North American Operations - Matrix Service Inc.	Bellingham	2,063 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PHMG SJMC Clinics	Bellingham	864 FTE
NAT-TCR	Xanitos EVS at San Gabriel Valley Hospital	San Gabriel, CA	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carvana Rocklin	Rocklin, CA	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	d-7 Roofing LLC - SLC	Murray, UT	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sioux Falls East Sd - 3192	Sioux Falls, SD	8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hyatt Regency Orange County	Garden Grove, CA	291 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Super Giant Carlisle Store 6457	Trexlertown, PA	291 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Baltimore - #40/88	Elkridge, MD	291 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Henderson County Community Hospital	Lexington, TN	291 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.