Foundation drilling contractors · California

California Caissons & Shoring, Inc.

San Jose, CA · ~18 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. runs at 625% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Foundation drilling contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

California Caissons & Shoring, Inc.: 17.5 TCR = 625% of Foundation drilling contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. safety composite

California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

TCR Δ

−18.3

2018→2021

California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. injury rate improved

California Caissons & Shoring, Inc.'s TCR fell 18.3 from 28.5 in 2018 to 10.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 28.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=28.5 · 2019=13.7 · 2021=10.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.5 · 625% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #183/184
  • PHOTO Total Demolition Ser…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Total Demolition Services Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. averages 17.5 TCR (625% of the Foundation drilling contractors BLS benchmark).

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

California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. TCR series: 2018=28.5 · 2019=13.7 · 2021=10.3 · BLS 2.8

Where California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Foundation drilling contractor establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #183 safest of 184 Foundation drilling contractor employers in California.

California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. (18 employees, TCR 17.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 California Caissons & Shoring, Inc.
California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. (18 employees, TCR 17.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

California Caissons & Shoring, Inc. has fewer employees than the Foundation drilling contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2021 10.3 5.1 2 0 0
2019 13.7 0.0 2 0 0
2018 28.5 17.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · CA · San Jose

1,750 Foundation drilling contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Total Demolition Services Inc. 17.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR VT Trucking, LLC 17.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shamrock Construction & Remediation LLC 17.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR RCX, inc. 17.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henry Hibino Farms LLC 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE BATAVIA, INC. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gold Coast Farms 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE HM.CLAUSE Davis East Research Station 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Allied Potato Northwest 17.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Port of Newport 17.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenridge Place 17.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SVC - Kona Coast Resort 17.5 TCR

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: 2021, 2019, 2018. 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.