Plumbing contractors · California

Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc.

Sunnyvale, CA · ~31 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plumbing contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 49% of Plumbing contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. safety composite

Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Sunnyvale, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #99/594
  • PHOTO Service
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Service (0.0 TCR gap)

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Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (49% of the Plumbing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing contractors establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #99 safest of 594 Plumbing contractors employers in California.

Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc.
Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Backflow Prevention Specialists, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing contractors 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 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Sunnyvale

5,793 Plumbing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Sunnyvale, 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 Service 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OnAir Mechanical Contractor 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carrier Commercial Services (Richmond) 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hoover AL Branch 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR LinkedIn Mountain View / Sunnyvale 5,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Sunnyvale Campus (1066) 4,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Intuitive Surgical 3,888 FTE
CITY-NEAR Intuitive 3,670 FTE
NAT-TCR M. Sullivan Construction 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Eaglemaster 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fox Lake Fire Protection District 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR IDI Distributors Corporate 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crest Bending Inc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid States Truss 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE BK Electric LLC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chapin SpreaderDivision 31 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.