COMMERCIAL TENANT IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION · California

James Dowling Construction

Santee, CA · ~33 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

James Dowling Construction runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical COMMERCIAL TENANT IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION workplace, earning a grade B.

James Dowling Construction: 2.9 TCR = 77% of COMMERCIAL TENANT IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION BLS 3.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James Dowling Construction safety composite

James Dowling Construction scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

James Dowling Construction: 0.0 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2024

James Dowling Construction's TCR rose 2.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236115 · Santee, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 77% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #56/178
  • PHOTO Meritage Homes of th…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meritage Homes of the Carolinas - Raleigh Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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James Dowling Construction in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows James Dowling Construction averages 2.9 TCR (77% of the COMMERCIAL TENANT IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION BLS benchmark).

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

James Dowling Construction TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.8

Where James Dowling Construction falls in its industry

976 COMMERCIAL TENANT IMPROVEMENT establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 178 COMMERCIAL TENANT IMPROVEMENT employers in California.

James Dowling Construction (33 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate James Dowling Construction
James Dowling Construction (33 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

James Dowling Construction has fewer employees than the COMMERCIAL TENANT IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTI median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2023 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2022 5.5 5.5 1 1 0
2021 9.8 6.5 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236115 · CA · Santee

976 COMMERCIAL TENANT IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION 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 Meritage Homes of the Carolinas - Raleigh Division 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR D.R. HORTON - PHOENIX EAST 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cahill Contractors 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR William Lyon Homes, Inc. - OR Division 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tutti Frutti Farms 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE EL CENTRO 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS 18 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE River Vista Farms LLC 33 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 New Ulm Dental Clinic 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hormel Foods 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Airtech 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydrasearch, LLC 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE BMW Shuttle 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Paper Tigers Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Tractor - Rochelle 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Windjammer Investment Associates, LLC 33 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, 2020, 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.