Water treatment and distribution · California

San Jose Water Company

San Jose, CA · ~385 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

San Jose Water Company runs at 570% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

San Jose Water Company: 6.8 TCR = 570% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

San Jose Water Company safety composite

San Jose Water Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 47% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−3.4

2016→2022

San Jose Water Company injury rate improved

San Jose Water Company's TCR fell 3.4 from 7.2 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.2 · 2017=8.9 · 2018=6.6 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 570% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #132/176
  • PHOTO Gautier
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 132 inj
  • SIZE ~385 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gautier (0.0 TCR gap)

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San Jose Water Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows San Jose Water Company averages 6.8 TCR (570% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

San Jose Water Company TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=8.9 · 2018=6.6 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=3.9 · BLS 1.2

Where San Jose Water Company falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 26% 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 #132 safest of 176 Water treatment and distributi employers in California.

San Jose Water Company (385 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate San Jose Water Company
San Jose Water Company (385 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

San Jose Water Company has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher 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
2022 3.9 2.4 13 0 0
2021 6.9 5.4 20 3 0
2020 7.5 3.5 24 2 1
2018 6.6 4.5 22 0 0
2017 8.9 6.3 31 3 0
2016 7.2 5.1 22 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · San Jose

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 Gautier 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Utility - Water Department 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Administration 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brunson Nichols Construction Co Inc 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lumentum 1001 Ridder Park Drive 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northridge Fashion Center 491 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2609 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1318 - MONTEREY PARK CA WHSE 385 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Marshall Corporate Office 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 300 Building 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Caravan Kids Catering CKC Good Food 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Steel Technologies Berkeley 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Newport News Fire Department 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE All Other Locations 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE Resurgent Capital Services Greenville 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE BJs Burlington/Burlington Local/National Road 385 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.