Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) · California

Department of Public Works

Merced, CA · ~79 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Department of Public Works runs at 570% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) workplace, earning a grade F.

Department of Public Works: 18.2 TCR = 570% of Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Department of Public Works safety composite

Department of Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.7

2022→2024

Department of Public Works injury rate improved

Department of Public Works's TCR fell 1.7 from 20.6 in 2022 to 18.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 20.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=20.6 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=18.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921110 · Merced, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.2 · 570% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #148/149
  • PHOTO Street Department
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Street Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Department of Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Department of Public Works averages 18.2 TCR (570% of the Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) BLS benchmark).

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

Department of Public Works TCR series: 2022=20.6 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=18.9 · BLS 3.2

Where Department of Public Works falls in its industry

1,010 Executive offices, federal, st establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #148 safest of 149 Executive offices, federal, st employers in California.

Department of Public Works (79 employees, TCR 18.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Department of Public Works
Department of Public Works (79 employees, TCR 18.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Department of Public Works has fewer employees than the Executive offices, federal, state, and l median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 18.9 4.2 5 4 0
2023 15.2 4.3 5 2 0
2022 20.6 5.9 14 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921110 · CA · Merced

1,010 Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, 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 Street Department 18.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Housing Families Inc. 18.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Champaign 18.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Essex 18.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Crisalida Berry Farms, LLC 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE L E Cooke Co 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOBI'S 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Maricopa 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030211 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED 1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health 1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030211-211001 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Complete Care at Silver Lake 18.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sacred Heart Home 18.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Works Compound 18.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0470 - Spring Hill, Fl 18.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Calumet City Plumbing Company and Heating 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Twin Valley Coffee 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mobile AL FXFE-MOB 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thyssenkrupp Crankshaft Danville Forge 79 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.