Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation · California

empire west INC

Graton, CA · ~34 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

empire west INC runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation workplace, earning a grade C.

empire west INC: 2.4 TCR = 87% of Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

empire west INC safety composite

empire west INC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

empire west INC: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.22× in 2024

empire west INC's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Graton, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 87% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #74/228
  • PHOTO Diversified Builders…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Diversified Builders Main (0.0 TCR gap)

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empire west INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows empire west INC averages 2.4 TCR (87% of the Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation BLS benchmark).

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

empire west INC TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0.1 · 2020=6.6 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=3 · BLS 2.8

Where empire west INC falls in its industry

1,613 Acoustical ceiling tile and pa establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #74 safest of 228 Acoustical ceiling tile and pa employers in California.

empire west INC (34 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate empire west INC
empire west INC (34 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

empire west INC has fewer employees than the Acoustical ceiling tile and panel instal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.5 3.7 1 1 0
2020 6.6 3.3 1 1 0
2019 0.1 0.1 1 1 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · CA · Graton

1,613 Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 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 Diversified Builders Main 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Integrated Interiors Inc 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arctic Insulation, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Counties Drywall, Inc. - Job 251 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ardent Mills Yuba City 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Filice Farms, L.P. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alexander Ranch, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE MFarms 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Purple Wine Company LLC 120 FTE
NAT-TCR Tilden 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR W. Silver, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SubCom Cable Systems, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Madisonville - Fire 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Milford Public Library 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Human Services 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recreation Department 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fire Department 34 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.