Solar Panel Installation · California

102-CA-Bay Area South

San Jose, CA · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

102-CA-Bay Area South runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Solar Panel Installation workplace, earning a grade D.

102-CA-Bay Area South: 5.1 TCR = 183% of Solar Panel Installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

102-CA-Bay Area South safety composite

102-CA-Bay Area South scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

102-CA-Bay Area South: 3.6 → 6.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.29× in 2018

102-CA-Bay Area South's TCR rose 3.0 from 3.6 in 2017 to 6.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 183% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #392/548
  • PHOTO WACO ELECTRICAL COMP…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WACO ELECTRICAL COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)

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102-CA-Bay Area South in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 102-CA-Bay Area South averages 5.1 TCR (183% of the Solar Panel Installation BLS benchmark).

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

102-CA-Bay Area South TCR series: 2017=3.6 · 2018=6.6 · BLS 2.8

Where 102-CA-Bay Area South falls in its industry

4,550 Solar Panel Installation establishments

Safer than 22% 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 #392 safest of 548 Solar Panel Installation employers in California.

102-CA-Bay Area South (70 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 102-CA-Bay Area South
102-CA-Bay Area South (70 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

102-CA-Bay Area South has more employees than the Solar Panel Installation 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
2018 6.6 6.6 5 0 0
2017 3.6 2.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · CA · San Jose

4,550 Solar Panel Installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 WACO ELECTRICAL COMPANY 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goforth Electric, Inc 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coghlin Construction Services, Inc 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR RMJ Electrical Contractors, Inc 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heritage Land Company 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ceballos Ag Services, Inc. 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRTHN 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE EW Merritt Farms 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Imperial Dade Miami 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1769 Niagara Falls, 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Holland - CI 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0195 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 281 West Netherwood Street 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allyn Manufacturing Facility 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE SMP Welding 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Volvo Logistics Chicago PDC 70 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.

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