Transmission and distribution line construction · California

Michels Power- CA

Paso Robles, CA · ~102 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michels Power- CA runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Transmission and distribution line construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Michels Power- CA: 4.3 TCR = 152% of Transmission and distribution line construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Power- CA safety composite

Michels Power- CA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−5.7

2017→2019

Michels Power- CA injury rate improved

Michels Power- CA's TCR fell 5.7 from 6.8 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.8 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Paso Robles, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 152% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #95/147
  • PHOTO Texstar - Selma
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Texstar - Selma (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michels Power- CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michels Power- CA averages 4.3 TCR (152% of the Transmission and distribution line construction BLS benchmark).

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

Michels Power- CA TCR series: 2017=6.8 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=1.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Power- CA falls in its industry

1,605 Transmission and distribution establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #95 safest of 147 Transmission and distribution employers in California.

Michels Power- CA (102 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Michels Power- CA
Michels Power- CA (102 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Michels Power- CA has more employees than the Transmission and distribution line const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2019 1.1 0.6 2 0 0
2018 4.8 1.9 5 0 0
2017 6.8 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · CA · Paso Robles

1,605 Transmission and distribution line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 89 employers in Paso Robles, 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 Texstar - Selma 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alaska Directional, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armstrong Cable - Construction 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR TELECOM PLACEMENT INC 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE REFCO FARMS LLC 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Pinery LLC 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Rey Packing Co 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE ONM 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 146 956 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 160 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pearce Services, LLC 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1660 Circle B Rd. Paso Robles, CA 93465 516 FTE
NAT-TCR Standard Precast Inc 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Des Moines ARC 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartford Ponderosa 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Texstar - Selma 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Lhp Bay Food 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Champaign 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMEREN SERVICES - Stores - UE 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heartland Christian Village 102 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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