Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system · California

Chollas - Public Utilities

San Diego, CA · ~400 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chollas - Public Utilities runs at 1069% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system workplace, earning a grade F.

Chollas - Public Utilities: 12.8 TCR = 1069% of Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chollas - Public Utilities safety composite

Chollas - Public Utilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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 12.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.0

2022→2024

Chollas - Public Utilities injury rate improved

Chollas - Public Utilities's TCR fell 1.0 from 13.3 in 2022 to 12.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=13.3 · 2023=12.8 · 2024=12.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 1069% of ind

  • DART 11.6 DART
  • RANK #70/74
  • PHOTO Wastewater Treatment…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 116 inj
  • SIZE ~400 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wastewater Treatment Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chollas - Public Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chollas - Public Utilities averages 12.8 TCR (1069% of the Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS benchmark).

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

Chollas - Public Utilities TCR series: 2022=13.3 · 2023=12.8 · 2024=12.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Chollas - Public Utilities falls in its industry

400 Collection, treatment, and dis establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 74 Collection, treatment, and dis employers in California.

Chollas - Public Utilities (400 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Chollas - Public Utilities
Chollas - Public Utilities (400 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Chollas - Public Utilities has more employees than the Collection, treatment, and disposal of w median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 12.3 11.6 49 5 0
2023 12.8 10.7 40 8 0
2022 13.3 11.3 27 19 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · CA · San Diego

400 Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, 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 Wastewater Treatment Plant 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Sewer 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Missouri Region 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Resource Recovery Facility 13.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mushroom Grower 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redlands - Bld: 0687 - 15 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPI - Red Bluff Millwork 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE DPAM-LB 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Fort Smith Plant 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Icon Legacy Custom Modular Homes, LLC 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Emergency Medical Services 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Maple Ridge Hardwoods Inc. 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Metro Transit Heywood Garage 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mason Construction, LLC. 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fulton County Medical Center 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miller & Long DC. 400 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.