Natural Gas Distribution Srv. · California

Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15

Needles, CA · ~31 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution Srv. workplace, earning a grade D.

Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15: 1.5 TCR = 122% of Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 safety composite

Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−0.4

2019→2023

Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 injury rate improved

Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.9 in 2019 to 3.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 2.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Needles, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.5 · 122% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #18/125
  • PHOTO Adrian SC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Adrian SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 averages 1.5 TCR (122% of the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS benchmark).

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

Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 TCR series: 2019=3.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 125 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers in California.

Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 (31 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15
Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 (31 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Needles Base - Bld: 0482 - 15 has fewer employees than the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2023 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · CA · Needles

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 4 employers in Needles, 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 Adrian SC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Savannah Service Center 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PITTSBURG SC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orlando Operations Center 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 588 1,679 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 303 1,529 FTE
CITY-NEAR NEEDLES BASE - 15 30 FTE
NAT-TCR Busch's Inc 1199 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Flight - 05 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Consolidated Electrical Distributors (Pc0234) 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Justice of the Peace #1 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Topeka 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE NAES : Hopewell 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Products 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tremont Ridge 31 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.