Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers · California
BRANCH - CA - San Diego North
Vista, CA · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
BRANCH - CA - San Diego North runs at 389% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 14
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares BRANCH - CA - San Diego North's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
BRANCH - CA - San Diego North's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.8 industry benchmark.
Where BRANCH - CA - San Diego North falls in its industry
5,345 Photovoltaic solar energy gene establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #603 safest of 640 Photovoltaic solar energy gene employers in California.
BRANCH - CA - San Diego North has an average TCR of 10.9, which is 389% of the industry average (2.8) for Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for BRANCH - CA - San Diego North
Between 2021 and 2024, BRANCH - CA - San Diego North's Total Case Rate improved from 12.0 to 9.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 19% decrease across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 9.8, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 12.0, a spread of 2.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, BRANCH - CA - San Diego North recorded 14 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from BRANCH - CA - San Diego North's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 238210 - Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
8 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 163,735 hours worked = 9.77 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| BRANCH - CA - San Diego North (this establishment) | 10.88 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Electrical contractors industry avg | 2.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 238210 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by BRANCH - CA - San Diego North to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on BRANCH - CA - San Diego North's reported OSHA injury record versus its Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 389% of the Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers benchmark, BRANCH - CA - San Diego North reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
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