Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs · California

Public Works

Modesto, CA · ~214 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works runs at 369% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works: 11.8 TCR = 369% of Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works safety composite

Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−2.5

2023→2024

Public Works injury rate improved

Public Works's TCR fell 2.5 from 13.1 in 2023 to 10.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=13.1 · 2024=10.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924110 · Modesto, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 369% of ind

  • DART 8.1 DART
  • RANK #52/56
  • PHOTO Albuquerque Metropol…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~214 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works averages 11.8 TCR (369% of the Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works TCR series: 2023=13.1 · 2024=10.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Works falls in its industry

131 Administration of Air and Wate establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

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 56 Administration of Air and Wate employers in California.

Public Works (214 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works
Public Works (214 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Public Works has more employees than the Administration of Air and Water Resource median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 10.6 8.1 21 0 0
2023 13.1 8.7 23 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924110 · CA · Modesto

131 Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 418 employers in Modesto, 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 Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Greensboro Field Operations Department 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 00000010 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0049-00000010 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ventura Ag, Inc. 214 FTE
STATE-SIZE John W. Paulson Community 214 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawson Mechanical Contractors, LLC 214 FTE
STATE-SIZE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BAKING CO 214 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Valley Hospitals (30240) 3,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Modesto Operations 3,043 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-930 3,018 FTE
CITY-NEAR 930 DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO 2,759 FTE
NAT-TCR 02026-02-02-BEND 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR El Dorado Care and Rehab 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sdsio - Sioux Falls 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The HT Hackney Co 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 096 Lci 214 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riepen LLC 214 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Franklin Institute 214 FTE
NAT-SIZE TMF Center 214 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.