Correctional institutions · California
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
Blythe, CA · ~804 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 19.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison runs at 613% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 19.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Chuckawalla Valley State Prison's OSHA Total Case Rate of 19.6 to the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark of 3.2 (613% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.2 industry benchmark.
Where Chuckawalla Valley State Prison falls in its industry
508 Correctional institutions establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #68 safest of 74 Correctional institutions employers in California.
Trend analysis for Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
Between 2020 and 2023, Chuckawalla Valley State Prison's Total Case Rate worsened from 10.6 to 19.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 83% increase across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 10.6, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 30.6, a spread of 20.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, Chuckawalla Valley State Prison recorded 233 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 233 injuries, 399 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Chuckawalla Valley State Prison are sourced from its own 4 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 922140 - Correctional institutions.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
96 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,292,674 hours worked = 14.85 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (this establishment) | 19.61 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Prisons industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 922140 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Chuckawalla Valley State Prison to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 125 reportable incidents · 73 injuries, 52 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 263 reportable incidents · 58 injuries, 205 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 154 reportable incidents · 52 injuries, 101 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 91 reportable incidents · 50 injuries, 41 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.3 | 14.8 | 73 | 52 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30.6 | 20.3 | 58 | 205 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17.9 | 9.2 | 52 | 101 | 1 |
| 2020 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 50 | 41 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Chuckawalla Valley State Prison's reported OSHA injury record versus its Correctional institutions peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 613% of the Correctional institutions benchmark, Chuckawalla Valley State Prison reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Correctional institutions sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.