Water treatment and distribution · New Mexico

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority

Albuquerque, NM · ~650 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority runs at 513% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority: 6.2 TCR = 513% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority safety composite

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−2.2

2017→2023

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority injury rate improved

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority's TCR fell 2.2 from 7.7 in 2017 to 5.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Albuquerque, NM ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 513% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK P32
  • PHOTO Berkeley County Wate…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 205 inj
  • SIZE ~650 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Berkeley County Water & Sanitation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority averages 6.2 TCR (513% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=5.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (650 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (650 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2023 5.4 3.4 31 1 0
2022 7.9 4.8 46 0 0
2020 6.5 3.4 34 4 0
2019 5.3 2.2 31 0 0
2018 4.3 2.0 23 2 0
2017 7.7 3.6 40 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · NM · Albuquerque

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,241 rated employers in New Mexico with headcount on file · 944 employers in Albuquerque, NM · 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 Berkeley County Water & Sanitation 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. - West Chester 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Equipment Technologies 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Treatment Facility 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE NMHPADM06 657 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lovelace Women's Hospital 658 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Roswell 638 FTE
STATE-SIZE NMALB - ALBUQUERQUE 663 FTE
CITY-NEAR NM-01 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Presbyterian Hospital 4,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cooper Administrative Center 3,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ABQ1 1,917 FTE
NAT-TCR Denver Store 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Diversified Foundations, LLC (DBA) Diversified Excavation 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Uptown/157 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Loffredo Fresh Foods 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Irving TX 650 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6768-67680052-MSDC 650 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bermudez,Longo,Diaz-Masso,LLC 650 FTE
NAT-SIZE Downers Grove Grade School District 58 650 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.