Painting and wallpapering · California

EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks

Santa Maria, CA · ~28 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
24.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks runs at 866% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Painting and wallpapering workplace, earning a grade F.

EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks: 24.2 TCR = 866% of Painting and wallpapering BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks safety composite

EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 24.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 25.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

−21.4

2017→2021

EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks injury rate improved

EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks's TCR fell 21.4 from 46.5 in 2017 to 25.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 46.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=46.5 · 2018=22.8 · 2019=11.0 · 2020=15.7 · 2021=25.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 24.2 · 866% of ind

  • DART 25.1 DART
  • RANK #124/124
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  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CWPWA, Inc. dba College Works Painting (4.4 TCR gap)

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EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks averages 24.2 TCR (866% of the Painting and wallpapering BLS benchmark).

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

EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks TCR series: 2017=46.5 · 2018=22.8 · 2019=11 · 2020=15.7 · 2021=25.1 · BLS 2.8

Where EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks falls in its industry

582 Painting and wallpapering establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

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 124 Painting and wallpapering employers in California.

EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks (28 employees, TCR 24.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks
EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks (28 employees, TCR 24.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

EMPCC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks has fewer employees than the Painting and wallpapering median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2021 25.1 25.1 6 0 0
2020 15.7 10.5 3 0 0
2019 11.0 11.0 2 1 0
2018 22.8 19.6 7 0 0
2017 46.5 19.4 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · CA · Santa Maria

582 Painting and wallpapering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 280 employers in Santa Maria, 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 CWPWA, Inc. dba College Works Painting 28.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Painting & Construction 18.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin's Painting and Decorating 17.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allbright Painting 17.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davis Ranch L.L.C. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steinbeck Country Produce 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harlan Family Ranch 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE KKG Equipment Company, LLC32 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. 2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030364 2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marian Regional Medical Center 2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR Interim HealthCare - South Portland 24.2 TCR
NAT-TCR McCoys Building Supply-Mission 24.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Indy Sports & Entertainment (Indy Eleven) 24.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Amalgamated Financial Equities III 24.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE CWPILL, Inc. dba College Works Painting 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE MRC Global -013 Grand Prairie, TX 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barnard Construction Company Inc 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adult Training Facility 28 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: 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.