City and town councils · New Mexico

City of Carlsbad

Carlsbad, NM · ~493 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Carlsbad runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical City and town councils workplace, earning a grade D.

City of Carlsbad: 5.4 TCR = 168% of City and town councils BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Carlsbad safety composite

City of Carlsbad scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−3.6

2016→2024

City of Carlsbad injury rate improved

City of Carlsbad's TCR fell 3.6 from 7.4 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.4 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921120 · Carlsbad, NM ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 168% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO City of Dyersburg
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 187 inj
  • SIZE ~493 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Dyersburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Carlsbad in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Carlsbad averages 5.4 TCR (168% of the City and town councils BLS benchmark).

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

City of Carlsbad TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=4 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Carlsbad falls in its industry

158 City and town councils establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Mexico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 City and town councils employers in New Mexico.

City of Carlsbad (493 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Carlsbad
City of Carlsbad (493 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 5.6

City of Carlsbad has more employees than the City and town councils median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 3.9 3.7 19 0 0
2023 6.6 5.3 31 0 0
2022 7.7 7.1 18 18 0
2021 4.0 2.6 16 2 0
2020 8.9 6.5 28 14 0
2019 3.8 3.4 18 0 0
2018 2.4 1.1 5 6 0
2017 3.8 3.6 18 0 0
2016 7.4 3.2 34 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921120 · NM · Carlsbad

158 City and town councils employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,241 rated employers in New Mexico with headcount on file · 71 employers in Carlsbad, NM · 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 City of Dyersburg 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gila County Government 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Batavia-Bureau of Maintenance 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitley County Government Center 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Presbyterian Espanola Hospital 487 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookdale Juan Tabo Place 505 FTE
STATE-SIZE 906 506 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Mexico Food Distributors, Inc. 512 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nuclear Waste Partnership 951 FTE
CITY-NEAR WIPP 906 FTE
CITY-NEAR MS - Carlsbad, NM - 1CANM 569 FTE
CITY-NEAR 868 369 FTE
NAT-TCR Diversicare of Pell City 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR PSC Industries - Muscatine 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Glendale Plywood 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Port Washington 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Monroe Energy Trainer Refinery 493 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pinnergy - Entire Company 493 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant 22 493 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hydro-Gear, Princeton 493 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.