Plumbers · California

Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc.

Paramount, CA · ~46 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc. runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbers workplace, earning a grade D.

Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc.: 3.7 TCR = 132% of Plumbers BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc. safety composite

Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc.: 5.0 → 9.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.96× in 2024

Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.6 from 5.0 in 2017 to 9.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Paramount, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 132% of ind

  • DART 7.2 DART
  • RANK #288/594
  • PHOTO Monona Plumbing & Fi…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Monona Plumbing & Fire Protection (0.0 TCR gap)

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Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc. averages 3.7 TCR (132% of the Plumbers BLS benchmark).

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

Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=3 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=9.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbers establishments

Safer than 46% 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 #288 safest of 594 Plumbers employers in California.

Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc.
Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Don Brandel Plumbing, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbers 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
2024 9.6 7.2 4 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2021 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2020 2.3 2.3 0 1 0
2019 4.3 0.0 2 0 0
2018 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2017 5.0 5.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Paramount

5,793 Plumbers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 77 employers in Paramount, 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 Monona Plumbing & Fire Protection 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fox Mechanical Services 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Williams Plumbing and Heating Missoula 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alliant Systems, LLC 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matteoli Brothers 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE IMR Farms-San Miguel 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE G&G Berry Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pitigliano Farm Services, Inc. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-052 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Total American Investment Company-Corporate 907 FTE
CITY-NEAR Total-Western, Inc. 449 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weber Metals Inc. 429 FTE
NAT-TCR Jeff Eubank Roofing 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Traverse City MI 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Caledonia Haulers Inc 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Border Plains Equipment - Williston 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of South Windsor - Town Hall 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Straub Construction Co Inc 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recovery Center 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Air Product and Chemicals Inc.- Conyers Facility 46 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.