Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · California

Lifeguard HQ

Huntington Beach, CA · ~182 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
29.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lifeguard HQ runs at 922% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade F.

Lifeguard HQ: 29.5 TCR = 922% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lifeguard HQ safety composite

Lifeguard HQ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 29.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

TCR Δ

−35.9

2017→2024

Lifeguard HQ injury rate improved

Lifeguard HQ's TCR fell 35.9 from 54.9 in 2017 to 19.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 62.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=54.9 · 2018=62.5 · 2022=36.1 · 2023=33.5 · 2024=19.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Huntington Beach, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 29.5 · 922% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #87/87
  • PHOTO City of Meriden Fire…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 105 inj
  • SIZE ~182 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Meriden Fire Camp Street (0.3 TCR gap)

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Lifeguard HQ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lifeguard HQ averages 29.5 TCR (922% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

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

Lifeguard HQ TCR series: 2017=54.9 · 2018=62.5 · 2022=36.1 · 2023=33.5 · 2024=19 · BLS 3.2

Where Lifeguard HQ falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #87 safest of 87 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in California.

Lifeguard HQ (182 employees, TCR 29.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Lifeguard HQ
Lifeguard HQ (182 employees, TCR 29.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Lifeguard HQ has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. 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 19.0 4.7 11 1 0
2023 33.5 9.4 25 0 0
2022 36.1 12.0 18 9 0
2018 62.5 4.3 28 1 0
2017 54.9 11.4 23 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CA · Huntington Beach

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 216 employers in Huntington 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 City of Meriden Fire Camp Street 29.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 29.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 5-1 EMS 28.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 28.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE ATI Ag Services, LLC 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE WESTERN WTR DIST HDQ 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thorpe Design Inc 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turlock South Processing Plant 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA015 2,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 389 846 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bolsa 648 FTE
CITY-NEAR 111 - Huntington Beach 572 FTE
NAT-TCR 29 Brickyard Circle 29.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Manila Healthcare Center 29.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dtw-Ground Ops 29.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TriPeaks Logistics LLC 29.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Zober Industries Inc. 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Arnold Brewing Company 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Bay Service Center 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE ShelterLogic 182 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, 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.