Water treatment and distribution · California
Desert Water Agency
Palm Springs, CA · ~83 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.2
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Desert Water Agency runs at 597% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.
Desert Water Agency: 7.2 TCR = 597% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Desert Water Agency safety composite
Desert Water Agency scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 13.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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
Desert Water Agency: 7.1 → 14.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 14.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.86× in 2024
Desert Water Agency's TCR rose 7.2 from 7.1 in 2017 to 14.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 221310 · Palm Springs, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 597% of ind
- DART 13.3 DART
- RANK #134/176
- PHOTO Coos Bay North Bend …
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 48 inj
- SIZE ~83 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Coos Bay North Bend Water Board (0.0 TCR gap)
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Desert Water Agency in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Desert Water Agency
7.2 TCR
- Coos Bay North
Coos Bay North Bend Water Board
7.2 TCR
- Public Utiliti
Public Utilities
7.2 TCR
- City of Dougla
City of Douglas
7.2 TCR
- Farmville Publ
Farmville Public Works
7.2 TCR
What this shows Desert Water Agency averages 7.2 TCR (597% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).
Desert Water Agency TCR series: 2017=7.1 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=10 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=14.3 · BLS 1.2
Where Desert Water Agency falls in its industry
727 Water treatment and distributi establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #134 safest of 176 Water treatment and distributi employers in California.
Desert Water Agency has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 | 14.3 | 13.3 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
221310 · CA · Palm Springs
727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 114 employers in Palm Springs, 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 | Coos Bay North Bend Water Board | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Public Utilities | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Douglas | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Farmville Public Works | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sunny Slope Trees | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stone Land Co. (Grangeville) | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stone Land Co. (Stratford Shop) | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stone Land Co. (Lemoore Shop) | 83 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Desert Regional Medical Center | 2,585 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 694 DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 2,399 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4701-694 | 2,273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Palm Springs | 459 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Badger Sheet Metal Works | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Renton | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wilmington Management Company | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ITC Services- Moses Lake | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Momence Meadows | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lacoba Homes, Inc | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | IFF Jacksonville, FL | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale West County | 83 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.