Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building · California

Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa

Costa Mesa, CA · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade A.

Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa: 0.8 TCR = 28% of Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa safety composite

Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−1.6

2022→2023

Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa injury rate improved

Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa's TCR fell 1.6 from 1.6 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Costa Mesa, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 28% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #70/486
  • PHOTO PCL Construction Ser…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PCL Construction Services, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa averages 0.8 TCR (28% of the Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa TCR series: 2022=1.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.9

Where Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa falls in its industry

4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 486 Addition, alteration and renov employers in California.

Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa (65 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa
Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa (65 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Howard Building Corp Costa Mesa has more employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation gene median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.6 1.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · CA · Costa Mesa

4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 185 employers in Costa Mesa, 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 PCL Construction Services, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Welch Construction Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ALLY Construction Services 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR wickman 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thoroughfare Logistics LLC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE WAG HOTELS - West Sacramento 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith & Enright Landscaping, Inc 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrightStar Care of Santa Barbara 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR PACIFIC AMPHITHEATER 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR OC Fair & Event Center 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Costa Mesa 670 FTE
CITY-NEAR PACWEST Security Services 567 FTE
NAT-TCR Shared Services - HR 086 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Moltus Building Group 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR D&L Smith Farms 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR East Coast Metal Decks, Inc 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Western Container Corporation - Houston 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Equashield 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Letterkenny (Business Services) 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foodland Markets #53 65 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.