Painting and wallpapering · California

EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks

Santee, CA · ~77 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks runs at 271% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Painting and wallpapering workplace, earning a grade F.

EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks: 7.6 TCR = 271% of Painting and wallpapering BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks safety composite

EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−13.7

2017→2021

EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks injury rate improved

EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks's TCR fell 13.7 from 16.8 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.8 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=9.6 · 2021=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Santee, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 271% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #96/124
  • PHOTO TECC Painting Company
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TECC Painting Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks averages 7.6 TCR (271% of the Painting and wallpapering BLS benchmark).

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

EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks TCR series: 2017=16.8 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=9.6 · 2021=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks falls in its industry

582 Painting and wallpapering establishments

Safer than 15% 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 #96 safest of 124 Painting and wallpapering employers in California.

EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks (77 employees, TCR 7.6) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks
EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks (77 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks has more 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 3.1 3.1 5 0 0
2020 9.6 9.6 6 0 0
2019 7.2 5.7 4 1 0
2018 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2017 16.8 5.2 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · CA · Santee

582 Painting and wallpapering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 74 employers in Santee, 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 TECC Painting Company 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR H&H Painting Co. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CWPWI, Inc. dba College Works Painting 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastside 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Innovative Produce, LP 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bokisch Vineyard Management 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bassman 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE COR Chico Business Office 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 595 1,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA223 384 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0403 - SANTEE CA WHSE 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR SRS Santee - 8701 Cuyamaca Street 280 FTE
NAT-TCR Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. Baltimore 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Edina 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sparton 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Clarinda Correctional Facility - Staff 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE EMD Millipore Operations 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABW Technologies, Inc 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Production Center 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rustburg Cable Operations 77 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.

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

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