Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction · California

Smith Denison Construction Company

Livermore, CA · ~93 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith Denison Construction Company runs at 296% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Smith Denison Construction Company: 8.3 TCR = 296% of Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith Denison Construction Company safety composite

Smith Denison Construction Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.7

2017→2024

Smith Denison Construction Company injury rate improved

Smith Denison Construction Company's TCR fell 3.7 from 10.1 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.1 · 2018=12.6 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Livermore, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 296% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #126/147
  • PHOTO Underground Services
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Underground Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smith Denison Construction Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith Denison Construction Company averages 8.3 TCR (296% of the Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Smith Denison Construction Company TCR series: 2017=10.1 · 2018=12.6 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Smith Denison Construction Company falls in its industry

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communicat establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #126 safest of 147 Utility line (i.e., communicat employers in California.

Smith Denison Construction Company (93 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Smith Denison Construction Company
Smith Denison Construction Company (93 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Smith Denison Construction Company has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., communication, elect median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 6.4 6.4 6 0 0
2023 8.5 8.5 5 1 0
2022 6.4 5.4 5 1 0
2021 7.2 6.2 7 0 0
2020 9.9 7.1 7 0 0
2019 4.9 4.9 5 0 0
2018 12.6 10.1 10 0 0
2017 10.1 10.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · CA · Livermore

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 296 employers in Livermore, 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 Underground Services 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Graycliff Enterprises 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington Branch 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mililani, HI Office CS 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mt. View Farming, Inc. 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE PAC-MAN 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE E A & T 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mountain Meadow Mushroom Farms, Inc. 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR Retail Merchandising Solutions, LLC 4,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 577 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gillig LLC 940 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fat Chance Entertainment 917 FTE
NAT-TCR Trans-System Inc - Denver 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Midgley Construction, Inc. 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR KI USA Corporation 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Newton ACC 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Partners Electrical Services 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piping Enterprise Company Incorporated 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paramount Contracting, Inc. 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE LENSAR, Inc. 93 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.