Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation · California

Otay Mesa Energy Center

San Deigo, CA · ~21 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Otay Mesa Energy Center runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation workplace, earning a grade A.

Otay Mesa Energy Center: 0.4 TCR = 36% of Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Otay Mesa Energy Center safety composite

Otay Mesa Energy Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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)
A 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

Otay Mesa Energy Center: 0.0 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 9.05× in 2024

Otay Mesa Energy Center's TCR rose 3.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 9.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · San Deigo, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 36% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #2/41
  • PHOTO Granite Ridge Energy…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Granite Ridge Energy Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Otay Mesa Energy Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Otay Mesa Energy Center averages 0.4 TCR (36% of the Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation BLS benchmark).

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

Otay Mesa Energy Center TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Otay Mesa Energy Center falls in its industry

846 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Gen establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 41 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Gen employers in California.

Otay Mesa Energy Center (21 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Otay Mesa Energy Center
Otay Mesa Energy Center (21 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Otay Mesa Energy Center has fewer employees than the Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · CA · San Deigo

846 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 7 employers in San Deigo, 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 Granite Ridge Energy Center 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gerald Andrus SES 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BR Louisiana Station 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Delta Energy Center 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 277 1,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 379 1,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR BD 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ocean Beach Peoples Organic Food Market 119 FTE
NAT-TCR Granite Ridge Energy Center 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Driver Pipeline Company, Inc. - Freeport, TX 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CHA 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Branch 29 - Corporate 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE South Point Energy Center 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hermiston Power Plant 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Precision Delta Corporation 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westbrook Energy Center 21 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.