Water treatment and distribution · California

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District

Eureka, CA · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District runs at 803% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District: 9.6 TCR = 803% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District safety composite

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−52.9

2022→2024

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District injury rate improved

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District's TCR fell 52.9 from 64.6 in 2022 to 11.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 64.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=64.6 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=11.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 803% of ind

  • DART 11.7 DART
  • RANK #155/176
  • PHOTO Water Division
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Water Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District averages 9.6 TCR (803% 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

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District TCR series: 2022=64.6 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=11.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 13% 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 #155 safest of 176 Water treatment and distributi employers in California.

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (37 employees, TCR 9.6) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District
Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (37 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District 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
2024 11.7 11.7 3 0 0
2023 7.6 3.8 2 0 0
2022 64.6 64.6 1 16 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Eureka

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 96 employers in Eureka, 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 Water Division 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley County Water District 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Community Water Company of Green Valley 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of South San Francisco - Water Quality Control Plant 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KP Spraying LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAN - 01 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kimberlina Shop 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 65 1,751 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA814 ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL EUREKA HR 1,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2004-00001430 1,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 407 701 FTE
NAT-TCR Addolorata Villa 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Flatlands Logistics LLC 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR American Red Cross - 4860 Sheboygan Ave 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Hill Inc 9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Herr Foods - 064 Perryopolis PA 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cascade Construction Co, Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vineyard 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marquette Fire Department 37 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.