Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers · California

Slakey Brothers Inc (21)

San Jose, CA · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Slakey Brothers Inc (21) runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Slakey Brothers Inc (21): 4.3 TCR = 195% of Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Slakey Brothers Inc (21) safety composite

Slakey Brothers Inc (21) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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)
D 4.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Slakey Brothers Inc (21): 2.1 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.63× in 2019

Slakey Brothers Inc (21)'s TCR rose 4.9 from 2.1 in 2017 to 7.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423720 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 195% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #43/85
  • PHOTO Hajoca 258
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hajoca 258 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Slakey Brothers Inc (21) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Slakey Brothers Inc (21) averages 4.3 TCR (195% of the Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Slakey Brothers Inc (21) TCR series: 2017=2.1 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=7 · BLS 2.2

Where Slakey Brothers Inc (21) falls in its industry

853 Plumbing equipment merchant wh establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 85 Plumbing equipment merchant wh employers in California.

Slakey Brothers Inc (21) (48 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 Slakey Brothers Inc (21)
Slakey Brothers Inc (21) (48 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Slakey Brothers Inc (21) has more employees than the Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2019 7.0 7.0 4 0 0
2018 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2017 2.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423720 · CA · San Jose

853 Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers 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 Hajoca 258 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 517 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferguson Fire & Fabrication NC Garner - 1045 N Greenfield Parkway 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 15 4.3 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 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 John C. Fremont Middle School 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lost Rivers Medical Center 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LAS2 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon Transportation Services : RDU5 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE GULU 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Water Administration Building 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE X-GEN Pharmaceuticals 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkmont GP Egg Depot 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: 2019, 2018, 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.