Commercial building construction general contractors · California
RQ Construction
Carlsbad, CA · ~468 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
RQ Construction runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade A.
RQ Construction: 0.7 TCR = 24% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
RQ Construction safety composite
RQ Construction scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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
RQ Construction: 0.0 → 2.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.42× in 2024
RQ Construction's TCR rose 2.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236220 · Carlsbad, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 24% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #56/486
- PHOTO F. L. Caulfield &Son…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~468 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: F. L. Caulfield &Sons, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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RQ Construction in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
RQ Construction
0.7 TCR
- F. L. Caulfiel
F. L. Caulfield &Sons, Inc.
0.7 TCR
- Viking Enginee
Viking Engineering and Construction, LLC
0.7 TCR
- PCL Constructi
PCL Construction Services, Inc.
0.7 TCR
- R.C. Page Cons
R.C. Page Construction, LLC
0.7 TCR
What this shows RQ Construction averages 0.7 TCR (24% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).
RQ Construction TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=0.2 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 2.9
Where RQ Construction falls in its industry
4,692 Commercial building constructi establishmentsSafer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 486 Commercial building constructi employers in California.
RQ Construction has more employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236220 · CA · Carlsbad
4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Carlsbad, 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 | F. L. Caulfield &Sons, Inc. | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Viking Engineering and Construction, LLC | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PCL Construction Services, Inc. | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | R.C. Page Construction, LLC | 0.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Point Sal Packing | 468 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PALMETTO CONSTRUCTION | 468 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Prime Now LLC - ULA6 | 468 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Riverside-HunterPark-Managed | 468 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 2,234 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Legoland California Resort | 2,055 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bergelectric Corp. CA | 1,520 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Life Sciences Solutions Group (LSG) Remote Employees | 1,350 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kraemer North America - MN All Others | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BWXT NOG Lynchburg | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Location 13007 | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Futron Incorporated | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Multi-Craft Contractors, Inc. Springdale, AR | 468 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stryker Instruments - 6201 | 468 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Michaels Distribution Center #5 - Berlin | 468 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Siemens Energy, Inc. | 468 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.