Finish carpentry · California

DD Ford Construction, LP

Santa Barbara, CA · ~40 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DD Ford Construction, LP runs at 303% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Finish carpentry workplace, earning a grade F.

DD Ford Construction, LP: 8.5 TCR = 303% of Finish carpentry BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DD Ford Construction, LP safety composite

DD Ford Construction, LP scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−8.0

2016→2024

DD Ford Construction, LP injury rate improved

DD Ford Construction, LP's TCR fell 8.0 from 13.4 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.4 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=2.1 · 2023=15.6 · 2024=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238350 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 303% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #43/66
  • PHOTO Closets By Design
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Closets By Design (0.0 TCR gap)

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DD Ford Construction, LP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DD Ford Construction, LP averages 8.5 TCR (303% of the Finish carpentry BLS benchmark).

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

DD Ford Construction, LP TCR series: 2016=13.4 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=2.1 · 2023=15.6 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 2.8

Where DD Ford Construction, LP falls in its industry

367 Finish carpentry establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 66 Finish carpentry employers in California.

DD Ford Construction, LP (40 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate DD Ford Construction, LP
DD Ford Construction, LP (40 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

DD Ford Construction, LP has fewer employees than the Finish carpentry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 5.4 5.4 3 0 0
2023 15.6 15.6 8 0 0
2020 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 9.5 6.3 3 0 0
2018 7.6 7.6 2 0 0
2017 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2016 13.4 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238350 · CA · Santa Barbara

367 Finish carpentry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, 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 Closets By Design 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millwork Brothers, Inc 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palm Desert Door & Hardware 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hayes Carpentry 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stackhouse Brothers 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE PISTACHIO HARVESTING, INC. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Watsonville/San Juan Bautista 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gomez Growers 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Barbara 10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 3,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Barbara 1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Green Santa Barbara 674 FTE
NAT-TCR Miwbr - West Branch Center 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR City Thrift - Daytona 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 914 Quipco 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ABF Freight 071 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Elexco, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Astro Sheet Metal Co., Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE FV Clinics-Lakeville 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adol Outpatient Progrm Mplwd 40 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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