Water treatment and distribution · California

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA

Auburn, CA · ~220 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA runs at 293% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA: 3.5 TCR = 293% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA safety composite

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−3.0

2017→2024

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA injury rate improved

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA's TCR fell 3.0 from 4.1 in 2017 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=5.0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Auburn, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 3.5 · 293% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #52/176
  • PHOTO CT Operations Center
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~220 FTE

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

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Placer County Water Agency (PCWA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Placer County Water Agency (PCWA averages 3.5 TCR (293% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=5 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=1 · BLS 1.2

Where Placer County Water Agency (PCWA falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 176 Water treatment and distributi employers in California.

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA (220 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Placer County Water Agency (PCWA
Placer County Water Agency (PCWA (220 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a lower 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
2024 1.0 1.0 2 0 0
2023 4.1 2.3 9 0 0
2022 2.8 1.9 6 0 0
2021 5.0 4.5 9 0 0
2020 1.9 1.9 4 0 0
2019 4.4 2.9 7 2 0
2018 4.8 3.9 9 1 0
2017 4.1 2.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Auburn

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 96 employers in Auburn, 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 CT Operations Center 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR EVMWD 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Chesapeake - Northwest River Water Treatment Plant 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corralitos Nursery 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sempra Energy Headquarters - 50 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE JERO Corp 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Mourier Construction, Inc. 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 37 2,161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Valley Hospitals (30095) 762 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health and Human Services 743 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital (110-4001) 676 FTE
NAT-TCR Biltmore Properties Inc 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Randolph Memorial Hospital District 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fiabila USA Linden Division 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Graco Inc. - Koch Center 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Warlick YMCA 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kymeta Corporation 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owen Steel 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE inTech Trailers 220 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.