Water supply systems · California

Joshua Basin Water District

Joshua Tree, CA · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Joshua Basin Water District runs at 317% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water supply systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Joshua Basin Water District: 3.8 TCR = 317% of Water supply systems BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Joshua Basin Water District safety composite

Joshua Basin Water District scores strongest on dart rate (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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−15.0

2020→2024

Joshua Basin Water District injury rate improved

Joshua Basin Water District's TCR fell 15.0 from 15.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=15.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Joshua Tree, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.8 · 317% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #57/176
  • PHOTO Davidson Water, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Davidson Water, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Joshua Basin Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Joshua Basin Water District averages 3.8 TCR (317% of the Water supply systems BLS benchmark).

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

Joshua Basin Water District TCR series: 2020=15 · 2021=0 · 2022=4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Joshua Basin Water District falls in its industry

727 Water supply systems establishments

Safer than 55% 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 #57 safest of 176 Water supply systems employers in California.

Joshua Basin Water District (30 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Joshua Basin Water District
Joshua Basin Water District (30 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Joshua Basin Water District has fewer employees than the Water supply systems median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 15.0 7.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Joshua Tree

727 Water supply systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 7 employers in Joshua Tree, 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 Davidson Water, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SO Central CT Regional Water Auth 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bella Vista Water District 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland Water Bureau Operations 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE BZNUR 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1780 San Juan Rd. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter Oaks 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenfields Turf, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-665 356 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-021 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morongo Basin Ambulance 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR HiDesert Medical Center EM 29 FTE
NAT-TCR Department of Public Utilities - Electric 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Abbyland Truck Stop, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Future Foam Plant 38 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Systems Electro Coating, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pacific County PUD #2 Raymond 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE russell enterprise llc 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Control Instruments Corp 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vistar Wisconsin - 4001 30 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. 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.