Water distribution (except irrigation) · California

Liberty Utilities

Apple Valley, CA · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Liberty Utilities runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade C.

Liberty Utilities: 1.3 TCR = 109% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Liberty Utilities safety composite

Liberty Utilities scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Liberty Utilities: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Liberty Utilities's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Apple Valley, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.3 · 109% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/176
  • PHOTO Plainfield Production
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plainfield Production (0.0 TCR gap)

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Liberty Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Liberty Utilities averages 1.3 TCR (109% 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

Liberty Utilities TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3 · BLS 1.2

Where Liberty Utilities falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 87% 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 #17 safest of 176 Water distribution (except irr employers in California.

Liberty Utilities (43 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Liberty Utilities
Liberty Utilities (43 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Liberty Utilities has fewer employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) 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 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 5.1 5.1 1 1 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

221310 · CA · Apple Valley

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 48 employers in Apple Valley, 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 Plainfield Production 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Nyack 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Del-Co Water Company - 6682 Olentangy River Rd 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Robert & Sandra Garcia Farming Partnership 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARVIN ADMINISTRATION 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donald W Beeman 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE KG Vineyard Management, LLC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2004-00001450 1,659 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA755 ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER-APPLE VALLEY HR 1,516 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7033 1,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7033 973 FTE
NAT-TCR PLANT 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bus Public Transportation 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Castleton 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR OFS Somerset Labs and Specialty Photonics Division 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Glenwood Springs 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Methuen 070 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Standard Iron & Metal Co., LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE 50093 - Capstone Winco Foods Woodburn 43 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, 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.