Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · California

Ruben's Pipeline, Inc.

Bakersfield, CA · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Ruben's Pipeline, Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 244% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. safety composite

Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−8.2

2021→2023

Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. injury rate improved

Ruben's Pipeline, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.2 from 10.9 in 2021 to 2.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.9 · 2023=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Bakersfield, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 244% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #176/201
  • PHOTO Bradley & Son's, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bradley & Son's, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (244% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. TCR series: 2021=10.9 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #176 safest of 201 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in California.

Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ruben's Pipeline, Inc.
Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Ruben's Pipeline, Inc. has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2023 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2021 10.9 3.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · CA · Bakersfield

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 818 employers in Bakersfield, 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 Bradley & Son's, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR KASPARIAN UNDERGROUND, LLC 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Command Construction 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid City Corporation 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA Bakersfield 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-04 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 4,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Esparza Enterprises, Inc 3,267 FTE
NAT-TCR Biagi Plumbing Corporation 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR American Signal Company 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4465 MEDFORD, OR 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4671 East Haven, CT 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE VanSantis Development Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bell Nursery - Newark 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern States Loudoun County Coop 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Indianapolis Terminal-NON DOT 31 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: 2023, 2021. 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.