Natural Gas Distribution Srv. · California

Downey Base - 15

Downey, CA · ~66 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Downey Base - 15 runs at 962% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution Srv. workplace, earning a grade F.

Downey Base - 15: 11.5 TCR = 962% of Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Downey Base - 15 safety composite

Downey Base - 15 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−8.4

2017→2018

Downey Base - 15 injury rate improved

Downey Base - 15's TCR fell 8.4 from 15.7 in 2017 to 7.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=15.7 · 2018=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Downey, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 962% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #124/125
  • PHOTO Avista Jimmie Dean
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Avista Jimmie Dean (0.2 TCR gap)

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Downey Base - 15 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Downey Base - 15 averages 11.5 TCR (962% of the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS benchmark).

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

Downey Base - 15 TCR series: 2017=15.7 · 2018=7.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Downey Base - 15 falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #124 safest of 125 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers in California.

Downey Base - 15 (66 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Downey Base - 15
Downey Base - 15 (66 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Downey Base - 15 has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2018 7.3 5.5 4 0 0
2017 15.7 14.0 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · CA · Downey

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 107 employers in Downey, 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 Avista Jimmie Dean 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Selma Operations Center 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orchard Park SC 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RAMONA BASE - 15 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nuseed Americas, Inc., West Sacramento Innovation Center 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE ORGANIC BUNCH HARVESTING 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Navco Berry Harvest 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE kings orchards, llc 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR OSI Staffing Inc. 4,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 202 2,546 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08880101 DOWNEY MEDICAL CENTER 2,323 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-08180101 1,924 FTE
NAT-TCR A&D Supply LLC 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Stevens County DAC 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Vecellio & Grogan-Project #100-0183 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Delaney Ave 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Don's Automotive Mall, Inc. 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of St Clair Shores City Hall 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fischer Special Manufacturing 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evergreen Center (Aleve) 66 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: 2018, 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.