Sewer construction · California

Lucas Builders, Inc.

La Habra, CA · ~68 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lucas Builders, Inc. runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sewer construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Lucas Builders, Inc.: 3.7 TCR = 132% of Sewer construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lucas Builders, Inc. safety composite

Lucas Builders, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Lucas Builders, Inc.: 2.2 → 4137.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4137.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1118.36× in 2024

Lucas Builders, Inc.'s TCR rose 4135.8 from 2.2 in 2018 to 4137.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1118.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · La Habra, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 132% of ind

  • DART 4137.9 DART
  • RANK #117/201
  • PHOTO Contri Construction …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Contri Construction Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lucas Builders, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lucas Builders, Inc. averages 3.7 TCR (132% of the Sewer construction BLS benchmark).

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

Lucas Builders, Inc. TCR series: 2018=2.2 · 2021=4.4 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=4137.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Lucas Builders, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Sewer construction establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #117 safest of 201 Sewer construction employers in California.

Lucas Builders, Inc. (68 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Lucas Builders, Inc.
Lucas Builders, Inc. (68 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Lucas Builders, Inc. has more employees than the Sewer construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 4137.9 4137.9 3 0 0
2023 4.5 2.3 4 0 0
2021 4.4 4.4 2 1 0
2018 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · CA · La Habra

1,614 Sewer construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 57 employers in La Habra, 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 Contri Construction Company 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Judy Construction Company - 202201 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR McCarthy-Castle Joint Venture, Tomahawk Creek WWTF 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WATERWORKS JV 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE California Valley Land Co. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCFFO 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE VinePro Vineyard Management, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knights Grapevine Nursery 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR 86170B01 CVS PHARMACY, INC. 1,057 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6795-86170B0199 1,031 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-038 910 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0777 - LA HABRA CA WHSE 332 FTE
NAT-TCR Blake Cemer Drywall Inc 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Costabile Construction, Inc 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR HOACNY-OH 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR JG Environmental 202 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Guill Tool & Engineering Co., Inc. 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Truman Lake Manor 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coal County Extended Care 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE DFT Inc 68 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, 2021, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.