Electric power distribution systems · California

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Los Angeles, CA · ~10,346 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power runs at 474% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power distribution systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: 5.7 TCR = 474% of Electric power distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power safety composite

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power held a steady TCR band

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's TCR held near 0.1 from 5.6 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.6 · 2018=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 474% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #172/260
  • PHOTO Middle Tennessee Ele…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1,116 inj
  • SIZE ~10,346 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Middle Tennessee Electric (Williamson County Office) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Los Angeles Department of Water and Power averages 5.7 TCR (474% of the Electric power distribution systems BLS benchmark).

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

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power TCR series: 2017=5.6 · 2018=5.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Los Angeles Department of Water and Power falls in its industry

2,958 Electric power distribution sy establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #172 safest of 260 Electric power distribution sy employers in California.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (10,346 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05,00010,00015,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (10,346 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has more employees than the Electric power distribution systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2018 5.8 3.2 584 26 0
2017 5.6 3.8 532 37 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · CA · Los Angeles

2,958 Electric power distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 2,064 employers in Los Angeles, 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 Middle Tennessee Electric (Williamson County Office) 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Claiborne Electric Cooperative, Inc. District Office 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berlin Office 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Utilities Commission 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE UC Davis Health 10,481 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGSP-K477 10,135 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6925-SFO 10,039 FTE
STATE-SIZE UC Santa Barbara 10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. 50,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Los Angeles 40,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR LADWP 11,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Los Angeles Health 9,727 FTE
NAT-TCR Appleton City (Moapp) 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0024 0053 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Joliet Cross Dock 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ZPR Farm 2 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cleveland Medical Center 10,377 FTE
NAT-SIZE IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cooper University Hospital 10,223 FTE
NAT-SIZE Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 10,204 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: 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.