Natural Gas Distribution Srv. · California

Palm Desert Base - 15

Palm Desert, CA · ~98 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palm Desert Base - 15 runs at 481% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution Srv. workplace, earning a grade F.

Palm Desert Base - 15: 5.8 TCR = 481% of Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palm Desert Base - 15 safety composite

Palm Desert Base - 15 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−2.9

2017→2018

Palm Desert Base - 15 injury rate improved

Palm Desert Base - 15's TCR fell 2.9 from 7.2 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.2 · 2018=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Palm Desert, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 481% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #88/125
  • PHOTO Montgomery Operation…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Montgomery Operations Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palm Desert Base - 15 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palm Desert Base - 15 averages 5.8 TCR (481% 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

Palm Desert Base - 15 TCR series: 2017=7.2 · 2018=4.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Palm Desert Base - 15 falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. establishments

Safer than 13% 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 #88 safest of 125 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers in California.

Palm Desert Base - 15 (98 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 Palm Desert Base - 15
Palm Desert Base - 15 (98 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Palm Desert Base - 15 has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. median and a higher 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
2018 4.3 2.2 4 0 0
2017 7.2 4.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · CA · Palm Desert

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 106 employers in Palm Desert, 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 Montgomery Operations Center 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR OR-Sherwood OTC 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elgin 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Energy West Montana 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coastal GVIC Ranches 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chapala Berry Farms 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ag-Wise Enterprises, Inc 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bains Orchards Inc. 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa 994 FTE
CITY-NEAR JW Marriott Desert Springs 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marriott Shadow Ridge 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5096 357 FTE
NAT-TCR Anderson (Inand) 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Plainville Community Schools Middle School of Plainville 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR AMB318 Atlanta 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 0576 - Meridian, Ms 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Component Services & Logistics 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Calhoun MFG 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE JFSNA at ExxonMobil Mont Belvieu 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lansing Office 98 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: 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.