Aqueduct construction · California

Mcguire and Hester

Alameda, CA · ~433 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mcguire and Hester runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Aqueduct construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Mcguire and Hester: 1.5 TCR = 55% of Aqueduct construction BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mcguire and Hester safety composite

Mcguire and Hester scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−1.0

2017→2022

Mcguire and Hester injury rate improved

Mcguire and Hester's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.2 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.2 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Alameda, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 55% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #44/201
  • PHOTO Layne Christensen Co…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~433 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Layne Christensen Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mcguire and Hester in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mcguire and Hester averages 1.5 TCR (55% of the Aqueduct construction BLS benchmark).

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

Mcguire and Hester TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Mcguire and Hester falls in its industry

1,614 Aqueduct construction establishments

Safer than 76% 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 #44 safest of 201 Aqueduct construction employers in California.

Mcguire and Hester (433 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Mcguire and Hester
Mcguire and Hester (433 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Mcguire and Hester has more employees than the Aqueduct construction median and a lower 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
2022 1.2 1.2 4 0 0
2021 1.1 0.8 4 0 0
2020 1.6 1.3 6 0 0
2019 1.7 1.7 8 0 0
2018 1.5 1.1 7 0 0
2017 2.2 1.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · CA · Alameda

1,614 Aqueduct construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 79 employers in Alameda, 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 Layne Christensen Company 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BELL CONTRACTORS, INC. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Insituform Technologies LLC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cumberland Pipeline 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blue Diamond Growers - Salida 433 FTE
STATE-SIZE BEI Construction Inc 433 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, Inc. 433 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commerce Office 433 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 626 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penumbra, Inc. 2,548 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penumbra, Inc. - Alameda Campus 2,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Webcor Builders 1,688 FTE
NAT-TCR WBI Energy Corrosion Services Billings Operations 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Parsec COI 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Shaw Material Handling Systems, Inc./Memphis 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 2904-SAS-ND 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grinds - Butler WI 433 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vancouver (VAA) 433 FTE
NAT-SIZE NP Fiesta LLC, dba Fiesta Casino Hotel 433 FTE
NAT-SIZE ShorePoint Health PG 433 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.