Water system balancing and testing contractors · Texas

Austin Water

Austin, TX · ~52 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Austin Water runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Water system balancing and testing contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Austin Water: 2.0 TCR = 71% of Water system balancing and testing contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Austin Water safety composite

Austin Water scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Austin Water held a steady TCR band

Austin Water's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=0.0 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Austin, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #185/408
  • PHOTO Mechanical Electrica…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing Partners (0.0 TCR gap)

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Austin Water in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Austin Water averages 2.0 TCR (71% of the Water system balancing and testing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Austin Water TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=6 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Austin Water falls in its industry

5,793 Water system balancing and tes establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #185 safest of 408 Water system balancing and tes employers in Texas.

Austin Water (52 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Austin Water
Austin Water (52 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Austin Water has fewer employees than the Water system balancing and testing contr median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.0 4.8 5 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · TX · Austin

5,793 Water system balancing and testing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 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 Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing Partners 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carrier Commercial Services (Dallas) 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BION, inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Comfort Systems USA (Arkansas) 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE KR SGHS 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cactus Feeders 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hale Center Feedyard 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Idalou Egg Ranch LP 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR Bradford, PA 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Beals Martin, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Janssen Pharmaceuticals Athens 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Associates, P.A. 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Street Fleet 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dalla's 4410 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohashi Technica USA Manufacturing Inc 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Service Side 52 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. 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.