Water distribution (except irrigation) · Arizona

Metro Water District

Tucson, AZ · ~57 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
24.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metro Water District runs at 2042% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade F.

Metro Water District: 24.5 TCR = 2042% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metro Water District safety composite

Metro Water District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 24.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 48.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

Metro Water District: 0.9 → 48.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 48.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.96× in 2024

Metro Water District's TCR rose 47.2 from 0.9 in 2017 to 48.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Tucson, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 24.5 · 2042% of ind

  • DART 48.1 DART
  • RANK #30/30
  • PHOTO Culligan Water
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Culligan Water (0.1 TCR gap)

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Metro Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metro Water District averages 24.5 TCR (2042% 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

Metro Water District TCR series: 2017=0.9 · 2024=48.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Metro Water District falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 30 Water distribution (except irr employers in Arizona.

Metro Water District (57 employees, TCR 24.5) 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Metro Water District
Metro Water District (57 employees, TCR 24.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Metro Water District has more employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) median and a higher 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 48.1 48.1 2 1 0
2017 0.9 0.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · AZ · Tucson

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 1,150 employers in Tucson, AZ · 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 Culligan Water 24.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Division of Water Dist (CON-0223) 22.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Culligan Water of Troy NY 21.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water - Construction / Distribution 21.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eagle Mountain Construcgtion 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Juarez contracting 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE VSS International, Inc. Arizona Construction 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3258_6266 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Arizona 18,951 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Tucson_AZ_Airport Site 9,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tucson Medical Center 4,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - Tucson 3,989 FTE
NAT-TCR 5 Riverbend Dr. Stamford Ct 06907 24.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Faulkner Fabricators Inc 24.5 TCR
NAT-TCR N.C. Hunt Inc- Jefferson 24.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Faith HealthCare Center 24.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Swanston Equipment Corporation 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE PBV-Statesville 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE McDaniel and Son Plumbing, Inc. 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montgomery 57 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, 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.