Water heater installation · California
Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc.
Valencia, CA · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc. runs at 349% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water heater installation workplace, earning a grade F.
Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc.: 9.8 TCR = 349% of Water heater installation BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc. safety composite
Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% 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
−12.7
2020→2023
Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc. injury rate improved
Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc.'s TCR fell 12.7 from 15.0 in 2020 to 2.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=15.0 · 2022=12.0 · 2023=2.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Valencia, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 349% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #505/594
- PHOTO Pleune Construction …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~44 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pleune Construction Division (0.0 TCR gap)
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Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc.
9.8 TCR
- Pleune Constru
Pleune Construction Division
9.8 TCR
- Geisler Brothe
Geisler Brothers Company
9.8 TCR
- Capital City H
Capital City Heating and Cooling LLC
9.8 TCR
- Select Mechani
Select Mechanical Inc
9.8 TCR
What this shows Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc. averages 9.8 TCR (349% of the Water heater installation BLS benchmark).
Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc. TCR series: 2020=15 · 2022=12 · 2023=2.3 · BLS 2.8
Where Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc. falls in its industry
5,793 Water heater installation establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #505 safest of 594 Water heater installation employers in California.
Payless Water Heaters & Plumbing, Inc. has fewer employees than the Water heater 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15.0 | 7.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · CA · Valencia
5,793 Water heater installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 186 employers in Valencia, 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 | Pleune Construction Division | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Geisler Brothers Company | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Capital City Heating and Cooling LLC | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Select Mechanical Inc | 9.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Firebaugh | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Boutonnet Farms | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central Coast Vineyards | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FESTIVAL FARMS | 44 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 62 | 2,621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital | 1,776 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Boston Scientific Neuromodulation | 1,455 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Woodward HRT Santa Clarita | 726 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | IMC Kirkland | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gregory Container | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Riverside Presbyterian House Inc. | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Redmond Heights Senior Living | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ipsen - One Kendall Square, Cambridge MA | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NHB | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Waller | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Forest Envelope | 44 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.