Carpentry, framing · California

Hess Contracting, Inc.

El Cajon, CA · ~46 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hess Contracting, Inc. runs at 389% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Carpentry, framing workplace, earning a grade F.

Hess Contracting, Inc.: 10.9 TCR = 389% of Carpentry, framing BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hess Contracting, Inc. safety composite

Hess Contracting, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−7.4

2017→2024

Hess Contracting, Inc. injury rate improved

Hess Contracting, Inc.'s TCR fell 7.4 from 14.8 in 2017 to 7.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 32.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.8 · 2018=32.6 · 2019=7.6 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238130 · El Cajon, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 389% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #68/99
  • PHOTO Carpentry Builders
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carpentry Builders (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hess Contracting, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hess Contracting, Inc. averages 10.9 TCR (389% of the Carpentry, framing BLS benchmark).

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

Hess Contracting, Inc. TCR series: 2017=14.8 · 2018=32.6 · 2019=7.6 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Hess Contracting, Inc. falls in its industry

387 Carpentry, framing establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #68 safest of 99 Carpentry, framing employers in California.

Hess Contracting, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Hess Contracting, Inc.
Hess Contracting, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Hess Contracting, Inc. has fewer employees than the Carpentry, framing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 7.5 7.5 3 0 0
2023 8.6 8.6 3 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2021 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2019 7.6 7.6 3 0 0
2018 32.6 16.3 6 0 0
2017 14.8 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238130 · CA · El Cajon

387 Carpentry, framing 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 Carpentry Builders 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solution Builders, LLC. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR D & S Construction Company 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleary Building - Verona Plant 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matteoli Brothers 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE IMR Farms-San Miguel 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE G&G Berry Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pitigliano Farm Services, Inc. 46 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 0604 - Portage 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales School 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Esch Landscaping, LLC 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Saint Paul Hotel 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magnolia Marine Transport - Vicksburg 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midland County Road Commission 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCNOC 46 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, 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.