Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system · California

Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities

La Mesa, CA · ~20 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities runs at 438% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system workplace, earning a grade F.

Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities: 5.3 TCR = 438% of Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities safety composite

Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−15.5

2021→2024

Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities injury rate improved

Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities's TCR fell 15.5 from 15.5 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=15.5 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · La Mesa, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 438% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #36/74
  • PHOTO Town of Waterford Ut…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Town of Waterford Utility Commission (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities averages 5.3 TCR (438% of the Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS benchmark).

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

Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities TCR series: 2021=15.5 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities falls in its industry

400 Collection, treatment, and dis establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 74 Collection, treatment, and dis employers in California.

Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities (20 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities
Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities (20 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Alvarado Treatment Plant - Public Utilities has fewer employees than the Collection, treatment, and disposal of w median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.5 5.5 1 0 0
2021 15.5 15.5 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · CA · La Mesa

400 Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 85 employers in La Mesa, 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 Town of Waterford Utility Commission 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woodard & Curran - PWSD #2 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SKF Wastewater Treatment Plant 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hamilton Township Department of Water Pollution Control (Sewer) 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sills Farms, Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE F A Maggiore & Sons, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE CALMEX CONTRACTING INC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Velvet Antler Ranch LLC 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grossmont Hospital - 5555 Grossmont Center Drive 3,453 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grossmont Hospital 3,275 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0469 - LA MESA CA WHSE 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of La Mesa 345 FTE
NAT-TCR Bargreen Ellingson Distribution Center Fife 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR P&S Transportation Lufkin, TX 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - HOU5 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 5049 - Nashville 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Service Champ Ft Wayne DC 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE CLS - Livonia 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wallingford 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE La Feria 20 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, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.