Public Works · California

00000010 Public Works Department

Name: 00000010 Public Works Department Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Santa Cruz, CA · ~323 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.7
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

00000010 Public Works Department runs at 366% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Public Works workplace, earning a grade F.

00000010 Public Works Department: 11.7 TCR = 366% of Public Works BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

00000010 Public Works Department safety composite

00000010 Public Works Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 11.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−1.2

2023→2024

00000010 Public Works Department injury rate improved

00000010 Public Works Department's TCR fell 1.2 from 12.3 in 2023 to 11.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=12.3 · 2024=11.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924110 · Santa Cruz, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 366% of ind

DART 7.1 DART
RANK #51/56
PHOTO 0049-00000010
BOOK 2y book
INJ 48 inj
SIZE ~323 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0049-00000010 (0.0 TCR gap)

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11.8
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11.8
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11.8
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11.7
0049-00000010

11.7

What this shows 00000010 Public Works Department averages 11.7 TCR (366% of the Public Works BLS benchmark).

00000010 Public Works Department TCR series: 2023=12.3 · 2024=11.1 · BLS 3.2

Where 00000010 Public Works Department falls in its industry

131 Public Works establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 56 Public Works employers in California.

00000010 Public Works Department (323 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5

00000010 Public Works Department has more employees than the Public Works median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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	11.1	7.1	22	3	0
2023	12.3	8.2	26	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924110 · CA · Santa Cruz

131 Public Works employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 133 employers in Santa Cruz, CA · 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	0049-00000010	SANTA CRUZ, CA	11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Greensboro Field Operations Department	GREENSBORO, NC	11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Public Works	MODESTO, CA	11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority	ALBUQUERQUE, NM	11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MEDINA FARMS LC	MCFARLAND	323 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bernards Bros	SAN FERNANDO	323 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Prime Electric	SAN JOSE	323 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CalDoor and Drawer	MORGAN HILL	323 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	8,081 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6403-64030253	Santa Cruz	1,732 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dignity Health Dominican Hospital	Santa Cruz	1,652 FTE
CITY-NEAR	64030253-253001 DOMINICAN HOSPITAL SANTA CRUZ	Santa Cruz	1,464 FTE
NAT-TCR	Txcon - Conroe	Conroe, TX	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	CellRight Technologies, LLC	Universal City, TX	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Blue Heron Logistics, LLC	Davie, FL	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ew Ne Stoma	Stoughton, MA	11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rosenbauer Minnesota	Wyoming, MN	323 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mifli - Flint	Flint, MI	323 FTE
NAT-SIZE	New Alternatives for Children, Inc.	New York, NY	323 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Royal Lahaina Resort	Lahaina, HI	323 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. 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.