Plumbing contractors · California

Desert Plumbing, Inc.

Agua Dulce, CA · ~32 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Desert Plumbing, Inc. runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Desert Plumbing, Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 121% of Plumbing contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Desert Plumbing, Inc. safety composite

Desert Plumbing, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−0.4

2019→2023

Desert Plumbing, Inc. injury rate improved

Desert Plumbing, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.4 from 3.8 in 2019 to 3.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Agua Dulce, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 121% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #266/594
  • PHOTO Western Sheet Metal
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Sheet Metal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Desert Plumbing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Desert Plumbing, Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (121% of the Plumbing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Desert Plumbing, Inc. TCR series: 2019=3.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=3.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Desert Plumbing, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing contractors establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #266 safest of 594 Plumbing contractors employers in California.

Desert Plumbing, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Desert Plumbing, Inc.
Desert Plumbing, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Desert Plumbing, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2023 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2022 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2021 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Agua Dulce

5,793 Plumbing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 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 Western Sheet Metal 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Standard Supply 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR HVAC 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Air Conditioning, Plumbing and Heating co 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schreiner Farms 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE FIVE POINTS T.I.C. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE OFFICE 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brocchini Farms Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-TCR Refresco - Carlisle 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR May Technology & Manufacturing 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Stonegate Surgery Center, LP 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Morton Hatchery 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE HS Norcross 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE T&M Rubber Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Sheet Metal Fabricators Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Screw Machine Engineering Co., Inc. 32 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.