Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government · California

Public Defender

Merced, CA · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Defender runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government workplace, earning a grade A.

Public Defender: 1.3 TCR = 42% of Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Defender safety composite

Public Defender scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 55%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

Fatalities
C 0

Safer than 55% 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

Public Defender: 0.0 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Public Defender's TCR rose 3.9 from 0.0 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922190 · Merced, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/25
  • PHOTO Office of Emergency …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Office of Emergency Services/Fire Authority (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Defender in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Defender averages 1.3 TCR (42% of the Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government BLS benchmark).

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

Public Defender TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Defender falls in its industry

79 Public safety bureaus and stat establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

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 25 Public safety bureaus and stat employers in California.

Public Defender (28 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Defender
Public Defender (28 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Public Defender has fewer employees than the Public safety bureaus and statistics cen median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2024 3.9 0.0 0 1 0
2023 4.0 0.0 0 1 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

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922190 · CA · Merced

79 Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, 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 Office of Emergency Services/Fire Authority 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Hartford - City Hall 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emergency Communication Center 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morgan County Dispatch (911) EMA 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davis Ranch L.L.C. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steinbeck Country Produce 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harlan Family Ranch 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE KKG Equipment Company, LLC32 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030211 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED 1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health 1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030211-211001 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR 455 - Milwaukee Fas 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR S09863 - Lowcountry Hauling 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1710 1430 State Highway 5s 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 50073 - Capstone Unfi Aurora Denver Co 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Central Missouri AgriService LLC - Slater 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Pictsweet Co-Machine Harvest 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sidney NE Wheelshop 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Burns and Scalo Roofing Ohio 28 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.