Excavation contractors · California

AM Ortega (Lakeside)

Lakeside, CA · ~249 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AM Ortega (Lakeside) runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

AM Ortega (Lakeside): 2.1 TCR = 76% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AM Ortega (Lakeside) safety composite

AM Ortega (Lakeside) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.7

2018→2021

AM Ortega (Lakeside) injury rate improved

AM Ortega (Lakeside)'s TCR fell 1.7 from 3.3 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.3 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Lakeside, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #68/184
  • PHOTO Wright Brothers Cont…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~249 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wright Brothers Contracting, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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AM Ortega (Lakeside) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AM Ortega (Lakeside) averages 2.1 TCR (76% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

AM Ortega (Lakeside) TCR series: 2018=3.3 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.6 · BLS 2.8

Where AM Ortega (Lakeside) falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 57% 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 #68 safest of 184 Excavation contractors employers in California.

AM Ortega (Lakeside) (249 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate AM Ortega (Lakeside)
AM Ortega (Lakeside) (249 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

AM Ortega (Lakeside) has more employees than the Excavation contractors median and a lower 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
2021 1.6 0.7 5 0 0
2020 1.8 0.7 5 0 0
2019 1.7 1.7 3 0 0
2018 3.3 1.9 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · CA · Lakeside

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 55 employers in Lakeside, 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 Wright Brothers Contracting, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minnesota Utilities & Excavating, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cain, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ANDERSON EXCAVATING CO + 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Orange County Water District 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Field 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE MHA RDR LLC 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baker Electric Home Energy 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barona Resort & Casino 2,751 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAKESIDE CA (SAN DIEGO) 336 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAKESIDE CA SAN DIEGO 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR AM Ortega Construction Inc. 201 FTE
NAT-TCR Anderson Excavating Co + 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR McGuirk Sand and Gravel 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 30 RCT Springfield 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mazda of Ocala 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE GC&E Systems Group, Inc. 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lavelle Industries Inc. Whitewater 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Vincent Sherwood Rehab Hospital 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Antonio Stamping 249 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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