Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · California

Palmdale Water District

Palmdale, CA · ~84 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Palmdale Water District runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Palmdale Water District: 4.2 TCR = 151% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmdale Water District safety composite

Palmdale Water District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−4.4

2017→2024

Palmdale Water District injury rate improved

Palmdale Water District's TCR fell 4.4 from 5.5 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.5 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Palmdale, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 151% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #131/201
  • PHOTO Oscar Renda Contract…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oscar Renda Contracting Inc-Edmund (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · California employers → · Look up another →

Palmdale Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmdale Water District averages 4.2 TCR (151% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Palmdale Water District TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Palmdale Water District falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #131 safest of 201 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in California.

Palmdale Water District (84 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Palmdale Water District
Palmdale Water District (84 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Palmdale Water District has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 6.2 3.7 4 1 0
2022 3.8 2.5 3 0 0
2021 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2020 5.1 2.0 4 1 0
2019 4.2 3.1 1 3 0
2018 5.3 2.7 2 2 0
2017 5.5 3.3 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · CA · Palmdale

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 135 employers in Palmdale, 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 Oscar Renda Contracting Inc-Edmund 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RKM Utility Services, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belden Construction LLC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kana Subsurface Engineering 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE montalvo farms 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hansen Custom Farming, LLC 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hilarides Dairy 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE McIntyre Labor Service, LLC. 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGAS-A502 5,323 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-06 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Palmdale Campus (1513) 3,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 612 2,127 FTE
NAT-TCR Ambulatory Surgery Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR DeCoty Coffee Company - San Angelo 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR KMI Processing LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kocourek Motor Company 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE PATCO Electrical Services, Inc. 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE MediLodge of Sault Ste. Marie 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fire 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE ASPC- Winslow/ Apache 84 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.