Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction · California

C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co.

Name: C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Escondido, CA · ~43 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co. runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction workplace, earning a grade D.

C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co.: 4.1 TCR = 145% of Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co. safety composite

C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 2% 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%).

Rising injury rate

C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co.: 2.7 → 7.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co.'s TCR rose 4.7 from 2.7 in 2022 to 7.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Escondido, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 145% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #129/184
PHOTO Phillips Constructio…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Phillips Construction, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co. averages 4.1 TCR (145% of the Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction BLS benchmark).

C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co. TCR series: 2022=2.7 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 2.8

Where C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co. falls in its industry

1,750 Caisson (i.e., drilled buildin establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #129 safest of 184 Caisson (i.e., drilled buildin employers in California.

C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co. (43 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

C.H.D.S. INC. dba Curtis Drilling Co. has fewer employees than the Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundati 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	Injuries	Fatalities
2024	7.4	4	0
2023	2.1	1	1
2022	2.7	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · CA · Escondido

1,750 Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 244 employers in Escondido, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Phillips Construction, LLC	HENDERSON, KY	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hillen Corporation	COMMERCE CITY, CO	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	John E. Neville Excavating Inc.	NEW BOSTON, NH	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Falcon Drilling & Blasting, Inc	OSHKOSH, WI	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Robert & Sandra Garcia Farming Partnership	LIVINGSTON	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ARVIN ADMINISTRATION	ARVIN	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Donald W Beeman	WOODLAND	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	KG Vineyard Management, LLC	LODI	43 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CA Escondido	Escondido	4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Palomar Medical Center Escondido	Escondido	3,031 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Escondido CA	Escondido	1,546 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bergelectric Corp. CA	Escondido	1,279 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pelco Products, Inc.	Edmond, OK	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vigor Marine LLC	Portland, OR	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	WTH Volunteer Hospital	Martin, TN	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Glenwood Elementary School	Oak Ridge, TN	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Techniks LLC	Indianapolis, IN	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	17 - Galion	Galion, OH	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Major Air Service Corp	Astoria, NY	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Blaschko Enterprises, Inc	Arcadia, WI	43 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, 2022. 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.