Natural Gas Distribution Srv. · California

Santa Maria Base - 15

Santa Maria, CA · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Santa Maria Base - 15 runs at 497% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution Srv. workplace, earning a grade F.

Santa Maria Base - 15: 6.0 TCR = 497% of Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Santa Maria Base - 15 safety composite

Santa Maria Base - 15 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.8

2017→2018

Santa Maria Base - 15 injury rate improved

Santa Maria Base - 15's TCR fell 2.8 from 7.3 in 2017 to 4.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.3 · 2018=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 497% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #92/125
  • PHOTO Belvedere Base - Bld…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Belvedere Base - Bld: 0115 - 15 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Santa Maria Base - 15 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Santa Maria Base - 15 averages 6.0 TCR (497% of the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS benchmark).

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

Santa Maria Base - 15 TCR series: 2017=7.3 · 2018=4.6 · BLS 1.2

Where Santa Maria Base - 15 falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #92 safest of 125 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers in California.

Santa Maria Base - 15 (48 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Santa Maria Base - 15
Santa Maria Base - 15 (48 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Santa Maria Base - 15 has fewer employees than the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2018 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2017 7.3 2.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · CA · Santa Maria

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 280 employers in Santa Maria, 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 Belvedere Base - Bld: 0115 - 15 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Fuel Gas Distribution Mineral Springs Servicenter 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 297 N EARL RUDDER BRYAN TX 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gateway Service Center-148 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE ARVIN PRODUCTION & ADMIN 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rava Business Park 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Guerrero Transportation & Contracting Inc 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE VPS, Inc 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. 2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030364 2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marian Regional Medical Center 2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR AAIS Corporation 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jefferson Hub (Iljef) 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lynnfield (Malyn) 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Huntington (Wvhun) 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Taylor & Sons Pipe and Steel 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE MS - MCAS Yuma, AZ - 1YUAZ 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE WVCO Equip Mfg 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 48 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: 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.