Water distribution (except irrigation) · California

Laguna Beach County Water District

Laguna Beach, CA · ~40 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Laguna Beach County Water District runs at 640% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade F.

Laguna Beach County Water District: 7.7 TCR = 640% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Laguna Beach County Water District safety composite

Laguna Beach County Water District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−5.2

2017→2024

Laguna Beach County Water District injury rate improved

Laguna Beach County Water District's TCR fell 5.2 from 13.7 in 2017 to 8.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.7 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=9.3 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=8.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Laguna Beach, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 640% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #139/176
  • PHOTO Fayetteville GA
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fayetteville GA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Laguna Beach County Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Laguna Beach County Water District averages 7.7 TCR (640% of the Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS benchmark).

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

Laguna Beach County Water District TCR series: 2017=13.7 · 2018=3 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=9.3 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=8.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Laguna Beach County Water District falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 22% 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 #139 safest of 176 Water distribution (except irr employers in California.

Laguna Beach County Water District (40 employees, TCR 7.7) 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 Laguna Beach County Water District
Laguna Beach County Water District (40 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Laguna Beach County Water District has fewer employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) 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 8.4 0.0 2 1 0
2023 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 9.3 3.1 3 0 0
2019 8.8 2.9 3 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2017 13.7 5.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Laguna Beach

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 24 employers in Laguna Beach, 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 Fayetteville GA 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Operations Center 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Greensboro- Water Resources 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works Department 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stackhouse Brothers 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE PISTACHIO HARVESTING, INC. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Watsonville/San Juan Bautista 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gomez Growers 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Montage Laguna Beach 559 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Laguna Beach 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2004-00001200 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA832 MISSION HOSPITAL LAGUNA BEACH HR 320 FTE
NAT-TCR Lexington 030 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Vintage Millworks, Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Park Industries Inc - 6301 Building 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Village of Oswego Public Works Department 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Yukon Construction, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE First Service CGC, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenfield 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE MCX East- Warsaw, NC 40 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, 2020, 2019, 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.