Drywall contractors · California

Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC

Name: Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Santa Barbara, CA · ~51 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC runs at 310% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drywall contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC: 8.7 TCR = 310% of Drywall contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC safety composite

Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.6

2017→2020

Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC injury rate improved

Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC's TCR fell 3.6 from 10.5 in 2017 to 6.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.5 · 2020=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 310% of ind

DART 6.9 DART
RANK #190/228
PHOTO Pearson Wall Systems…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pearson Wall Systems, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC averages 8.7 TCR (310% of the Drywall contractors BLS benchmark).

Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC TCR series: 2017=10.5 · 2020=6.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC falls in its industry

1,613 Drywall contractors establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #190 safest of 228 Drywall contractors employers in California.

Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC (51 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Deco Drywall & Plaster LLC has fewer employees than the Drywall contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2020	6.9	6.9	2	2	0
2017	10.5	10.5	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · CA · Santa Barbara

1,613 Drywall contractors 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pearson Wall Systems, Inc.	CEDAR RAPIDS, IA	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Citywide Insulation	SHAKOPEE, MN	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wisconsin Home Improvement	MENOMONEE FALLS, WI	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sierra Insulation Contractors #879	ONTARIO, CA	8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Robert Young Vineyards	GEYSERVILLE	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	H&W Vineyards	REDWOOD VALLEY	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Huber Farms Inc	KERMAN	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Taylor Brothers Farms Inc	YUBA CITY	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital	Santa Barbara	3,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Big Green Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	674 FTE
NAT-TCR	National Fuel Distribution Clarence Servicenter	Clarence, NY	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	TLBD Inc	Overland Park, KS	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Bay At Burlington	Burlington, WI	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	PWI 4 - Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	St. Mark Village Assisted Living Center	Palm Harbor, FL	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Comfort Systems USA Indiana	Indianapolis, IN	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Darigold Jerome	Jerome, ID	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Quality Stone Veneer Inc., Tower City Manufacturing	Tower City, PA	51 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: 2020, 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.