Blasting, construction site · California

California Drilling & Blasting

South Pasadena, CA · ~30 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

California Drilling & Blasting runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blasting, construction site workplace, earning a grade D.

California Drilling & Blasting: 3.9 TCR = 140% of Blasting, construction site BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

California Drilling & Blasting safety composite

California Drilling & Blasting scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−8.6

2017→2024

California Drilling & Blasting injury rate improved

California Drilling & Blasting's TCR fell 8.6 from 8.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.6 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=8.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · South Pasadena, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 140% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #124/184
  • PHOTO JWright
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JWright (0.0 TCR gap)

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California Drilling & Blasting in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows California Drilling & Blasting averages 3.9 TCR (140% of the Blasting, construction site BLS benchmark).

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

California Drilling & Blasting TCR series: 2017=8.6 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where California Drilling & Blasting falls in its industry

1,750 Blasting, construction site establishments

Safer than 31% 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 #124 safest of 184 Blasting, construction site employers in California.

California Drilling & Blasting (30 employees, TCR 3.9) 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate California Drilling & Blasting
California Drilling & Blasting (30 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

California Drilling & Blasting has fewer employees than the Blasting, construction site 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 8.1 4.1 1 1 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.6 3.6 0 1 0
2018 3.1 3.1 0 1 0
2017 8.6 8.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · CA · South Pasadena

1,750 Blasting, construction site employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 28 employers in South Pasadena, 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 JWright 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SRC Land Development, Inc 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stremler Gravel Inc 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE BZNUR 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1780 San Juan Rd. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter Oaks 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenfields Turf, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR DMS LLC 1,391 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-080 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR DMS Facility Services - South Pasadena 547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Total Education Solutions-Headquarters 334 FTE
NAT-TCR Modern Sheet Metal Works, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR RALGIC 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Deceuninck North America Fernley 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Denmark WI 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Point South RMC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Matrix Label Systems, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midwest Products, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lank Oil Company 30 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.