Public Works · California

0049-00000010

Santa Cruz, CA · ~285 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

0049-00000010 runs at 365% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Public Works workplace, earning a grade F.

0049-00000010: 11.7 TCR = 365% of Public Works BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0049-00000010 safety composite

0049-00000010 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Rising injury rate

0049-00000010: 10.5 → 13.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 15.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2022

0049-00000010's TCR rose 3.2 from 10.5 in 2018 to 13.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 365% of ind

  • DART 10.0 DART
  • RANK #50/56
  • PHOTO 00000010 PUBLIC WORK…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 112 inj
  • SIZE ~285 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 00000010 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (0.0 TCR gap)

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0049-00000010 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0049-00000010 averages 11.7 TCR (365% of the Public Works BLS benchmark).

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

0049-00000010 TCR series: 2018=10.5 · 2019=15.2 · 2020=10.2 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=13.7 · BLS 3.2

Where 0049-00000010 falls in its industry

131 Public Works establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 56 Public Works employers in California.

0049-00000010 (285 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate 0049-00000010
0049-00000010 (285 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5

0049-00000010 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
2022 13.7 10.0 25 1 0
2021 8.8 7.8 16 1 0
2020 10.2 7.7 18 3 0
2019 15.2 11.5 31 2 0
2018 10.5 8.1 22 0 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR 00000010 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Greensboro Field Operations Department 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority 11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sabor Farms 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDS 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cal South Harvesting LLC 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE HACIENDA FARM SERVICES INC 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Cruz 8,081 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030253 1,732 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health Dominican Hospital 1,652 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030253-253001 DOMINICAN HOSPITAL SANTA CRUZ 1,464 FTE
NAT-TCR HG249 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 480227-Ama- Main Post Office 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillside Health Care Center 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZKRM 11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amfuel 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate and Distribution Center 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elderwood at Cheektowaga 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE Olmsted Medical Center SE Clinic 285 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.