Water treatment plants · California

North City Pure Water Facility

Name: North City Pure Water Facility Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Irvine, CA · ~86 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.2
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

North City Pure Water Facility runs at 684% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment plants workplace, earning a grade F.

North City Pure Water Facility: 8.2 TCR = 684% of Water treatment plants BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North City Pure Water Facility safety composite

North City Pure Water Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.5

2022→2023

North City Pure Water Facility injury rate improved

North City Pure Water Facility's TCR fell 8.5 from 12.4 in 2022 to 4.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=12.4 · 2023=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Irvine, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 684% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #142/176
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BOOK 2y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pennichuck Water Works Inc - Distribution Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows North City Pure Water Facility averages 8.2 TCR (684% of the Water treatment plants BLS benchmark).

North City Pure Water Facility TCR series: 2022=12.4 · 2023=4 · BLS 1.2

Where North City Pure Water Facility falls in its industry

727 Water treatment plants establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #142 safest of 176 Water treatment plants employers in California.

North City Pure Water Facility (86 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

North City Pure Water Facility has more employees than the Water treatment plants 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
2023	4.0	4.0	5	0	0
2022	12.4	8.3	9	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Irvine

727 Water treatment plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 622 employers in Irvine, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pennichuck Water Works Inc - Distribution Department	MERRIMACK, NH	8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lake Mathews Reservoir	RIVERSIDE, CA	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Water Distribution	DECATUR, IL	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Barkhamsted Headquarters	PLEASANT VALLEY, CT	8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MALAGA HARVEST SHOP	ARVIN	86 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Muller Ranch, LLC	WOODLAND	86 FTE
STATE-SIZE	OXNARD TERRACE	OXNARD	86 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mushroom Farms	WATSONVILLE	86 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Irvine	Irvine	16,029 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CA-10	Irvine	4,926 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Edwards Lifesciences	Irvine	4,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Johnson and Johnson MDD CSS Irvine	Irvine	3,775 FTE
NAT-TCR	Eau Galle Cheese Factory, LLC.	Durand, WI	8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Honolulu Volkswagen	Honolulu, HI	8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Community Resources Inc	Olympia, WA	8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wilkes-Barre	Laflin, PA	8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Azria Health Rose Vista	Woodbine, IA	86 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hotel Management of New Orleans, LLC.	New Orleans, LA	86 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St. Joseph MO Refinery	St. Joseph, MO	86 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Centra Information Technology	Lynchburg, VA	86 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. 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.