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Cottonwood Substation Maintena

Name: Cottonwood Substation Maintena Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cottonwood, CA · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cottonwood Substation Maintena runs at 320% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

Cottonwood Substation Maintena: 3.8 TCR = 320% of industry BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cottonwood Substation Maintena safety composite

Cottonwood Substation Maintena scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Cottonwood Substation Maintena: 2.8 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2018

Cottonwood Substation Maintena's TCR rose 2.1 from 2.8 in 2017 to 4.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Cottonwood, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.8 · 320% of ind

DART 4.9 DART
RANK #112/260
PHOTO Eversource - Madison
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eversource - Madison (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.8
Eversource - M

3.8
Newton

3.8
Chillicothe Sv

3.8
Albany Operati

3.8

What this shows Cottonwood Substation Maintena averages 3.8 TCR (320% of the industry BLS benchmark).

Cottonwood Substation Maintena TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=4.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Cottonwood Substation Maintena falls in its industry

2,958 industry establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #112 safest of 260 industry employers in California.

Cottonwood Substation Maintena (24 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cottonwood Substation Maintena has fewer employees than the industry 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	DART	Injuries	Illnesses	Fatalities
2018	4.9	4.9	1	0	0
2017	2.8	2.8	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · CA · Cottonwood

2,958 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 5 employers in Cottonwood, 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	Eversource - Madison	MADISON, CT	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Newton	NEWTON, MS	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chillicothe Svc Ctr	CHILLICOTHE, OH	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Albany Operating/TMC - 101 Georgia Power Rd. Albany, GA	ATLANTA, GA	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises	SANTA MARIA	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MTD Farms	FIREBAUGH	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Marc Pura Ranch, LLC	GREENFIELD	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Costa Farms	TRACY	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Shasta Livestock Auction Yard, Inc.	Cottonwood	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NorthState - 34	Cottonwood	42 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NorthState - Corporate - 80	Cottonwood	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Shasta Wood Products, Inc.	Cottonwood	37 FTE
NAT-TCR	NICKLES-COLUMBUS	Columbus, OH	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Schlitterbahn Beach Resort Management, LLC	South Padre Island, TX	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	AMI-Artic East	Forrest City, AR	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Girl Scouts - Arizona Cactus-Pine Council, Inc	Phoenix, AZ	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	DSL_JACKSONVILLE_8001_FL	Jacksonville, FL	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Giant Eagle #3086	Strongsville, OH	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cmop Az	Tucson, AZ	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vasquez Brothers Inc.	Somerton, AZ	24 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.