Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · California
Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc.
Aptos, CA · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc. runs at 368% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade F.
Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc.: 10.3 TCR = 368% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc. safety composite
Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc.: 7.6 → 10.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 12.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2024
Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.2 from 7.6 in 2022 to 10.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Aptos, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 368% of ind
- DART 10.8 DART
- RANK #524/551
- PHOTO Swingen Construction…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Swingen Construction Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc.
10.3 TCR
- Swingen Constr
Swingen Construction Company
10.3 TCR
- MAR-ALLEN CONC
MAR-ALLEN CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC
10.3 TCR
- Lehman Constru
Lehman Construction LLC
10.3 TCR
- Arkansas Sign
Arkansas Sign and Barricade
10.3 TCR
What this shows Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc. averages 10.3 TCR (368% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc. TCR series: 2022=7.6 · 2023=12.5 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 2.8
Where Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc. falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #524 safest of 551 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in California.
Santa Cruz Underground & Paving, Inc. has fewer employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · CA · Aptos
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 16 employers in Aptos, 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 | Swingen Construction Company | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MAR-ALLEN CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lehman Construction LLC | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Arkansas Sign and Barricade | 10.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | James Diedrich Farms | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tri-Fanucchi Farms,LLC | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KAN2 - 04 | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kyer Farms | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | First Alarm | 154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SWY-0025-0025-00640 FAC-00640-APTOS-CA | 111 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6962-SWY 0025 0640 | 108 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00640 | 103 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dundas Mn - 3177 | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Advanced Water Well Technologies, LLC | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Henry Ford Professional Bldg | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amware Pallet Services - Richmond | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Fairview Elevator | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Montpelier Grain Elevator | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Havana Grain River Elevator | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lassus Store 34 | 23 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.