Commercial building construction general contractors · California
J.W. Design & Construction, Inc.
San Luis Obispo, CA · ~34 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
J.W. Design & Construction, Inc. runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade C.
J.W. Design & Construction, Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 89% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
J.W. Design & Construction, Inc. safety composite
J.W. Design & Construction, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% 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%).
Rising injury rate
J.W. Design & Construction, Inc.: 0.0 → 5.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 2.02× in 2024
J.W. Design & Construction, Inc.'s TCR rose 5.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236220 · San Luis Obispo, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 89% of ind
- DART 5.2 DART
- RANK #252/486
- PHOTO Henderson Johnson Co…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~34 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Henderson Johnson Co, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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J.W. Design & Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
J.W. Design & Construction, Inc.
2.6 TCR
- Henderson John
Henderson Johnson Co, Inc
2.6 TCR
- CHINN Construc
CHINN Construction, LLC
2.6 TCR
- Gnagey Constru
Gnagey Construction dba Florida Structural Group
2.6 TCR
- Jay Car Constr
Jay Car Construction Company, Inc.
2.6 TCR
What this shows J.W. Design & Construction, Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (89% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).
J.W. Design & Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 2.9
Where J.W. Design & Construction, Inc. falls in its industry
4,692 Commercial building constructi establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #252 safest of 486 Commercial building constructi employers in California.
J.W. Design & Construction, Inc. has fewer employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236220 · CA · San Luis Obispo
4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 177 employers in San Luis Obispo, 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 | Henderson Johnson Co, Inc | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CHINN Construction, LLC | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gnagey Construction dba Florida Structural Group | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jay Car Construction Company, Inc. | 2.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Ardent Mills Yuba City | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Filice Farms, L.P. | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alexander Ranch, Inc. | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MFarms | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bella Vista Transitional Care Center | 8,119 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Men's Colony - San Luis Obispo | 1,599 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Men's Colony | 1,482 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 279 | 946 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Youth Agency | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | B&B Concrete Placement, Inc. | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Administracion Central | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ballard Construction, Inc. | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | La Porte Distribution | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sellin Brothers, Inc. | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hard Rock Sawing and Drilling Specialists Co | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | San Angelo,TX | 34 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.