Commercial building construction general contractors · California

Armstrong Associates

Santa Barbara, CA · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Armstrong Associates runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Armstrong Associates: 7.2 TCR = 247% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Armstrong Associates safety composite

Armstrong Associates scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−3.3

2017→2020

Armstrong Associates injury rate improved

Armstrong Associates's TCR fell 3.3 from 8.1 in 2017 to 4.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=15.7 · 2020=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 247% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #425/486
  • PHOTO HOSPITAL AUXILIO MUTUO
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HOSPITAL AUXILIO MUTUO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Armstrong Associates in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Armstrong Associates averages 7.2 TCR (247% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Armstrong Associates TCR series: 2017=8.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=15.7 · 2020=4.8 · BLS 2.9

Where Armstrong Associates falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #425 safest of 486 Commercial building constructi employers in California.

Armstrong Associates (24 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Armstrong Associates
Armstrong Associates (24 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Armstrong Associates has fewer employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2020 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2019 15.7 7.8 4 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 8.1 4.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · CA · Santa Barbara

4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, 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 HOSPITAL AUXILIO MUTUO 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Kaiser-Martin Group, Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Larson Construction Co., Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR HOSPITAL PAVIA HATO REY 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Farms 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marc Pura Ranch, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Barbara 10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 3,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Barbara 1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Green Santa Barbara 674 FTE
NAT-TCR Plant 52 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Darling Ingredients LLC Tampa 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant # 6 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wisdom - Exec Dr 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Reynolds Feed & Grain South 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Breakthrough Interactive Inc dba Total Office Solutions Inc 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Massey Services 31 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Farmington Hills Treatment Center 24 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: 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.