Public Defender · California

Public Defender WJC

Westminster, CA · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Defender WJC runs at 529% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Public Defender workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Defender WJC: 16.9 TCR = 529% of Public Defender BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Defender WJC safety composite

Public Defender WJC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Public Defender WJC: 10.3 → 20.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 20.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Public Defender WJC's TCR rose 10.3 from 10.3 in 2018 to 20.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922130 · Westminster, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.9 · 529% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #32/32
  • PHOTO City of Mount Pleasant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Mount Pleasant (6.5 TCR gap)

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Public Defender WJC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Defender WJC averages 16.9 TCR (529% of the Public Defender BLS benchmark).

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

Public Defender WJC TCR series: 2018=10.3 · 2020=19.9 · 2021=20.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Defender WJC falls in its industry

92 Public Defender establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 32 Public Defender employers in California.

Public Defender WJC (28 employees, TCR 16.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Defender WJC
Public Defender WJC (28 employees, TCR 16.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Public Defender WJC has fewer employees than the Public Defender median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2021 20.6 0.0 0 6 0
2020 19.9 3.3 1 5 0
2018 10.3 3.4 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922130 · CA · Westminster

92 Public Defender employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 64 employers in Westminster, 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 City of Mount Pleasant 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Defender HJC 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DA Visalia Courthouse 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Defender Lamoreaux 5.7 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 Mission Palms Healthcare Center 12,800 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 384 811 FTE
CITY-NEAR RRL CORP 611 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2253-H4842 438 FTE
NAT-TCR Mercy Health West Park 16.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Appliance Center Warehouse 16.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Duc-Pac Corporation 16.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Primrose Lease Management dba Primrose of Duluth 16.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Distinctive Event Rentals 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Community Coffee - Atlanta Sales 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE L. F. Manufacturing, Inc. QFRP Plant 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boca Raton Experience Center 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: 2021, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.