Valves, plumbing and heating, merchant wholesalers · California

5003 - Hawthorne

Hawthorne, CA · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

5003 - Hawthorne runs at 578% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Valves, plumbing and heating, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

5003 - Hawthorne: 12.7 TCR = 578% of Valves, plumbing and heating, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

5003 - Hawthorne safety composite

5003 - Hawthorne scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

5003 - Hawthorne: 9.6 → 15.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 15.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2024

5003 - Hawthorne's TCR rose 6.3 from 9.6 in 2022 to 15.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423720 · Hawthorne, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 578% of ind

  • DART 13.2 DART
  • RANK #81/85
  • PHOTO Plumb Supply Company…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plumb Supply Company - Mason City (0.1 TCR gap)

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5003 - Hawthorne in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 5003 - Hawthorne averages 12.7 TCR (578% of the Valves, plumbing and heating, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

5003 - Hawthorne TCR series: 2022=9.6 · 2024=15.9 · BLS 2.2

Where 5003 - Hawthorne falls in its industry

853 Valves, plumbing and heating, establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #81 safest of 85 Valves, plumbing and heating, employers in California.

5003 - Hawthorne (44 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 5003 - Hawthorne
5003 - Hawthorne (44 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3

5003 - Hawthorne has more employees than the Valves, plumbing and heating, merchant w median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 Fatalities
2024 15.9 13.2 6 0 0
2022 9.6 9.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423720 · CA · Hawthorne

853 Valves, plumbing and heating, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 78 employers in Hawthorne, 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 Plumb Supply Company - Mason City 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hajoca 014 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5002 - San Diego 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Locke Supply Reno 12.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Firebaugh 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boutonnet Farms 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Coast Vineyards 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE FESTIVAL FARMS 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hawthorne, CA 7,104 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Bay Workforce Investment Board, Inc. 4,618 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 206 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DLA8 2,331 FTE
NAT-TCR Uncasville Ct 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Chelan Health 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lead Dog XL LLC 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pineville 12.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brain Power Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parksite 103 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Premier Shipping LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prototech Laser, Inc. 44 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, 2022. 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.