Water distribution for irrigation · California

Santa Margarita Water District

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA · ~190 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Santa Margarita Water District runs at 381% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution for irrigation workplace, earning a grade F.

Santa Margarita Water District: 4.6 TCR = 381% of Water distribution for irrigation BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Santa Margarita Water District safety composite

Santa Margarita Water District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−1.0

2023→2024

Santa Margarita Water District injury rate improved

Santa Margarita Water District's TCR fell 1.0 from 5.1 in 2023 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.1 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.6 · 381% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #84/176
  • PHOTO Central California I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~190 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central California Irrigation District (0.0 TCR gap)

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Santa Margarita Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Santa Margarita Water District averages 4.6 TCR (381% of the Water distribution for irrigation BLS benchmark).

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

Santa Margarita Water District TCR series: 2023=5.1 · 2024=4 · BLS 1.2

Where Santa Margarita Water District falls in its industry

727 Water distribution for irrigat establishments

Safer than 46% 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 #84 safest of 176 Water distribution for irrigat employers in California.

Santa Margarita Water District (190 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 Santa Margarita Water District
Santa Margarita Water District (190 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Santa Margarita Water District has more employees than the Water distribution for irrigation 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
2024 4.0 3.5 8 0 0
2023 5.1 1.5 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Rancho Santa Margarita

727 Water distribution for irrigation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 32 employers in Rancho Santa Margarita, 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 Central California Irrigation District 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR The York Water Company 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seattle Public Utilities 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6020 - Tampa 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zuckerman Family Farms 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE City Of Sacramento-Field Services Division Roll-Up (140014) 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Courtney Inc. 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE EthosEnergy 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Applied Medical 4,417 FTE
CITY-NEAR O'Connell Landscape Maintenance 1,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Circle M Contractors 574 FTE
CITY-NEAR Control Components Inc 280 FTE
NAT-TCR 051 Decatur AL 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Plymouth Luther Collision 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Carman Industries 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Portland OR 9555 NE Airport Way 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Karvo Companies INC 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE UT Health Quitman 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE 829 Jefferson St Atlanta 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fostoria Community Hospital 190 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.