Railroad construction · California
Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project
San Mateo, CA · ~245 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Railroad construction workplace, earning a grade B.
Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project: 2.1 TCR = 77% of Railroad construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project safety composite
Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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%).
Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project held a steady TCR band
Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.3 in 2021 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=1.3 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=1.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237990 · San Mateo, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 77% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #45/92
- PHOTO BMCR (SANDTWOBR)
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~245 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: BMCR (SANDTWOBR) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- R. J. Corman R
R. J. Corman Railroad Services, Emergency, LLC
2.2 TCR
- Engineering
Engineering
2.2 TCR
- Triton Marine
Triton Marine Construction Corp. HAWAII
2.2 TCR
- This site
Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project
2.1 TCR
- BMCR (SANDTWOB
BMCR (SANDTWOBR)
2.1 TCR
What this shows Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project averages 2.1 TCR (77% of the Railroad construction BLS benchmark).
Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project TCR series: 2021=1.3 · 2022=4 · 2023=2 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 2.8
Where Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project falls in its industry
932 Railroad construction establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 92 Railroad construction employers in California.
Balfour Beatty - Caltrain Project has more employees than the Railroad construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237990 · CA · San Mateo
932 Railroad construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 94 employers in San Mateo, 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 | BMCR (SANDTWOBR) | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | R. J. Corman Railroad Services, Emergency, LLC | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Engineering | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Triton Marine Construction Corp. HAWAII | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CA-San Joaquin Valley S/C | 245 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SACRAMENTO RMC | 245 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | COMPTON BASE - 15 (DH) | 245 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | E&J Gallo Winery | 245 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 132 | 2,891 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SIE - San Mateo | 1,552 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IXL Learning Inc. | 888 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IXL Learning Inc. - San Mateo | 491 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital - EVS | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | P.E./Returns Carhartt, Inc. | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Silgan Plastics MONROE | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Laborie Orangeburg | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | PAM Specialty Hospital of Denver | 245 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital Kyle | 245 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Edgerton, KS - 30700 W 191st Street | 245 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 259 - Swartz Creek MI | 245 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.