Railroad construction · California

Jim Dobbas, Inc.

Name: Jim Dobbas, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Newcastle, CA · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.2
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Jim Dobbas, Inc. runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Railroad construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Jim Dobbas, Inc.: 1.2 TCR = 44% of Railroad construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jim Dobbas, Inc. safety composite

Jim Dobbas, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Jim Dobbas, Inc.: 0.0 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2018

Jim Dobbas, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237990 · Newcastle, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 44% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #27/92
PHOTO Solvay Chemicals Inc…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Solvay Chemicals Inc La Porte TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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So. California

1.3
This site

1.2
Solvay Chemica

1.2
GUBMK Construc

1.2
North Wind Con

1.2

What this shows Jim Dobbas, Inc. averages 1.2 TCR (44% of the Railroad construction BLS benchmark).

Jim Dobbas, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Jim Dobbas, Inc. falls in its industry

932 Railroad construction establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 92 Railroad construction employers in California.

Jim Dobbas, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Jim Dobbas, Inc. has fewer employees than the Railroad construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2018	2.5	2.5	1	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237990 · CA · Newcastle

932 Railroad construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 7 employers in Newcastle, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Solvay Chemicals Inc La Porte TX	LA PORTE, TX	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GUBMK Constructors - TVA Shawnee Fossil Plant	WEST PADUCAH, KY	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	North Wind Construction IDF	IDAHO FALLS, ID	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	So. California	SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CONSTRUCTION FABRICATION/CARPENTRY/PAINTING/ELECTRIC/PIPE	ARVIN	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Meek Ranches LLC	WOODLAND	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dresick Farms, Inc. - Farm	HURON	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wolfsen Inc	LOS BANOS	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ace Tree Enterprise Inc.	Newcastle	312 FTE
CITY-NEAR	A&A Stepping Stone Mfg. Inc.	Newcastle	44 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NCB-Main	Newcastle	31 FTE
CITY-NEAR	A&A Stepping Stone #1095	Newcastle	30 FTE
NAT-TCR	Florence Manufacturing Facility	Florence, KY	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC-444	Romeoville, IL	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kent Power	Kent City, MI	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shriners Hospitals for Children - Headquarters	Tampa, FL	1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Charlottesville-Bldg Maint	Charlottesville, VA	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Newton HKY	Newton, NC	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Morris Yachts, LLC	Trenton, ME	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KTL 53028 Newton	Newton, IL	35 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.