Water treatment and distribution · California

Santa Clara Valley Water District

San Jose, CA · ~900 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Santa Clara Valley Water District runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade D.

Santa Clara Valley Water District: 1.9 TCR = 157% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Santa Clara Valley Water District safety composite

Santa Clara Valley Water District scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−2.0

2017→2022

Santa Clara Valley Water District injury rate improved

Santa Clara Valley Water District's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.6 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.6 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=1.3 · 2022=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 1.9 · 157% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #27/176
  • PHOTO 041 SPRING ST-WC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~900 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 041 SPRING ST-WC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Santa Clara Valley Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Santa Clara Valley Water District averages 1.9 TCR (157% 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

Santa Clara Valley Water District TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2019=3 · 2020=1.3 · 2022=0.6 · BLS 1.2

Where Santa Clara Valley Water District falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 79% 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 #27 safest of 176 Water treatment and distributi employers in California.

Santa Clara Valley Water District (900 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Santa Clara Valley Water District
Santa Clara Valley Water District (900 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Santa Clara Valley Water District has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution 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
2022 0.6 0.5 6 1 0
2020 1.3 0.4 9 3 0
2019 3.0 0.6 20 8 0
2017 2.6 1.3 15 8 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 041 SPRING ST-WC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Belvoir 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Virgina American Water - Dale City Wastewater District 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keokuk Municipal Waterworks 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE One World Beef Packers LLC 901 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SNA6 901 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : OAK3 899 FTE
STATE-SIZE CA-Dublin 901 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 Easterseals - 57 Regional Dr-Concord 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Covington Terminal 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Novi plant 102 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR KLS (STRYKER) Comm 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 565481-Milwaukee Wi P&Dc 900 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc. 900 FTE
NAT-SIZE DC/FniP Fountain Inn 900 FTE
NAT-SIZE OIS-Deer Park 900 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, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.