Canal, irrigation · California

Chowchilla Water District

Chowchilla, CA · ~22 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chowchilla Water District runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Canal, irrigation workplace, earning a grade F.

Chowchilla Water District: 3.5 TCR = 289% of Canal, irrigation BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chowchilla Water District safety composite

Chowchilla Water District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Chowchilla Water District held a steady TCR band

Chowchilla Water District's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=13.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Chowchilla, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.5 · 289% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #51/176
  • PHOTO Tualatin Valley Wate…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tualatin Valley Water District (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chowchilla Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chowchilla Water District averages 3.5 TCR (289% of the Canal, irrigation BLS benchmark).

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

Chowchilla Water District TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=13.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Chowchilla Water District falls in its industry

727 Canal, irrigation establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 176 Canal, irrigation employers in California.

Chowchilla Water District (22 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chowchilla Water District
Chowchilla Water District (22 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Chowchilla Water District has fewer employees than the Canal, irrigation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2023 13.2 13.2 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.1 5.1 1 0 0
2019 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2018 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Chowchilla

727 Canal, irrigation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 36 employers in Chowchilla, 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 Tualatin Valley Water District 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crescent Hill Water Treatment Plant 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indiana American Water-Northwest District Service Center 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Honolulu Board of Water Supply 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE LaGrande Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Carlo Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linda Vista Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOUNTAIN VIEW FARM SHOP 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley State Prision -- Inmates 1,438 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pacific Orchard Development Inc 679 FTE
CITY-NEAR AgriLand Farming Co. Inc. 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guerrero Labor Contractor 238 FTE
NAT-TCR SF2 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR WILMINGTON-MA57 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Companion Hospice, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Griffith WAVA - Cheverly 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oaks at Evans 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rich Coast Corporation 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cherry Hill Construction, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE McGriff Tire Company 22 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, 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.