Water softener installation · California

Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water

Sacramento, CA · ~29 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water runs at 440% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water softener installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water: 12.3 TCR = 440% of Water softener installation BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water safety composite

Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 18.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water: 4.0 → 18.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 19.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.47× in 2022

Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water's TCR rose 14.2 from 4.0 in 2017 to 18.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 19.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Sacramento, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 440% of ind

  • DART 18.2 DART
  • RANK #544/594
  • PHOTO FREEDOM PLUMBING LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FREEDOM PLUMBING LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water averages 12.3 TCR (440% of the Water softener installation BLS benchmark).

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

Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water TCR series: 2017=4 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=19.2 · 2020=15.2 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=18.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water falls in its industry

5,793 Water softener installation establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #544 safest of 594 Water softener installation employers in California.

Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water (29 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water
Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water (29 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Nor Cal Water dba Culligan Water has fewer employees than the Water softener installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 18.2 18.2 6 0 0
2021 9.1 9.1 2 1 0
2020 15.2 12.1 5 0 0
2019 19.2 15.4 5 0 0
2018 8.3 8.3 2 0 0
2017 4.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Sacramento

5,793 Water softener installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,348 employers in Sacramento, 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 FREEDOM PLUMBING LLC 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Younger Brothers Plumbing LLC 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR P&L Johnson Mechanical Shop 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Air Mechanical & Service Corp Englewood 12.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sean V. Doherty Farms 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blanco Farms, LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SHOP 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cottonwood Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Davis Health 10,481 FTE
CITY-NEAR Employment Development Department 8,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 451 5,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 485 5,500 FTE
NAT-TCR Maxwell Industries 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Starn Tool & Manufacturing Company 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 178194-Sbn-Olive Street Sta 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tim Graboski Roofing, Inc. 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Feasel's Grounds Maintenance 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE MFG Construction Products 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Richmond County Physicians Offices 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 55452 University of Conn 29 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.