Water distribution (except irrigation) · California

San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego, CA · ~250 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

San Diego County Water Authority runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade D.

San Diego County Water Authority: 2.0 TCR = 169% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

San Diego County Water Authority safety composite

San Diego County Water Authority scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−1.5

2017→2023

San Diego County Water Authority injury rate improved

San Diego County Water Authority's TCR fell 1.5 from 2.4 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.4 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=2.9 · 2023=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.0 · 169% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #32/176
  • PHOTO NJ Haworth
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~250 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NJ Haworth (0.0 TCR gap)

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San Diego County Water Authority in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows San Diego County Water Authority averages 2.0 TCR (169% of the Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS benchmark).

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

San Diego County Water Authority TCR series: 2017=2.4 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=2.9 · 2023=0.9 · BLS 1.2

Where San Diego County Water Authority falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

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 176 Water distribution (except irr employers in California.

San Diego County Water Authority (250 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate San Diego County Water Authority
San Diego County Water Authority (250 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

San Diego County Water Authority has more employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2023 0.9 0.9 2 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 6 0 0
2018 1.9 1.9 4 0 0
2017 2.4 0.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · San Diego

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, 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 NJ Haworth 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Englewood Water District 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DW Loiselle Water Treatment Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Utilities Inc. of Louisiana - Covington 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE R.MONTANEZ FARMS, LLC 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE JM TRAVER 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE GreenLeaf Farm Labor Contracting LLC 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kearny - Bld: 5362 - 01 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Multi-Med, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MCRT3 Dunn Tenant LLC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mountainside Wood Products 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #1542 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE US Foods Everett 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Overland Contracting Inc - PJFTLAUDE2 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #552 (United) 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sauer Brands Inc. 250 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.