Water treatment and distribution · California

Essex Operations and Control

Arcata, CA · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Essex Operations and Control runs at 1335% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Essex Operations and Control: 16.0 TCR = 1335% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Essex Operations and Control safety composite

Essex Operations and Control scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−4.9

2017→2019

Essex Operations and Control injury rate improved

Essex Operations and Control's TCR fell 4.9 from 18.8 in 2017 to 13.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.8 · 2018=15.4 · 2019=13.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Arcata, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.0 · 1335% of ind

  • DART 13.9 DART
  • RANK #171/176
  • PHOTO Gurnee Public Works …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gurnee Public Works Department (0.1 TCR gap)

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Essex Operations and Control in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Essex Operations and Control averages 16.0 TCR (1335% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Essex Operations and Control TCR series: 2017=18.8 · 2018=15.4 · 2019=13.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Essex Operations and Control falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #171 safest of 176 Water treatment and distributi employers in California.

Essex Operations and Control (29 employees, TCR 16.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Essex Operations and Control
Essex Operations and Control (29 employees, TCR 16.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Essex Operations and Control has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2019 13.9 13.9 4 0 0
2018 15.4 15.4 2 1 0
2017 18.8 6.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Arcata

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 41 employers in Arcata, 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 Gurnee Public Works Department 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Unit Irrigation District 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water & Sewer Department 16.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Utilities, Sewer, Engineering, Water Treatment Plants 15.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sean V. Doherty Farms 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blanco Farms, LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SHOP 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cottonwood Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 52 1,571 FTE
CITY-NEAR Murphy's Markets Inc. 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kokatat, Inc. 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Coast Co-op Arcata 124 FTE
NAT-TCR Defender Services - Parkdale Springs (11-119) 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bane Brighton House LLC 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZNHO 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Falmouth Convalescent Center Inc 16.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Berwyn 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Innocor Foam Technologies Newburyport, LLC - Newburyport 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE DG Livonia 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Louis Dreyfus Company - Beaumont 29 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: 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.