Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing · California

El Cajon

El Cajon, CA · ~158 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

El Cajon runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

El Cajon: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

El Cajon safety composite

El Cajon scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−0.8

2017→2024

El Cajon injury rate improved

El Cajon's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.4 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.4 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326122 · El Cajon, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/12
  • PHOTO ADS Waverly
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ADS Waverly (0.0 TCR gap)

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El Cajon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows El Cajon averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

El Cajon TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=5 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where El Cajon falls in its industry

332 Fittings and unions, rigid pla establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 Fittings and unions, rigid pla employers in California.

El Cajon (158 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate El Cajon
El Cajon (158 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.7

El Cajon has more employees than the Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.9 0.6 7 0 0
2021 4.9 1.2 8 0 0
2020 5.0 3.5 10 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.4 2.9 9 0 0
2017 1.4 1.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326122 · CA · El Cajon

332 Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in El Cajon, 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 ADS Waverly 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cresline Plastic Pipe Company, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR US044: Thomasville 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buena Vista 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE JAIME ZEPEDA LABOR CONTRACTING, INC. 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE GULL ISLAND FARMS 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lodi Farming, Inc. 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valle Verde FLC 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHERN REGION : SDU 1,176 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 370 1,148 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics 1,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem Tronics 938 FTE
NAT-TCR AL Mobile-Shop 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Professional Airlines Cargo Services, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pradco Outdoor Brands 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR McKenzie Sports Products 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE AGI SureTrack 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richardson Manufacturing Company 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allen Place 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dematic - Modernizations and Upgrades 158 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.