Water treatment plants · California

South Orange County Wastewater Authority

Dana Point, CA · ~59 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Orange County Wastewater Authority runs at 415% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment plants workplace, earning a grade F.

South Orange County Wastewater Authority: 5.0 TCR = 415% of Water treatment plants BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Orange County Wastewater Authority safety composite

South Orange County Wastewater Authority scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

Rising injury rate

South Orange County Wastewater Authority: 8.8 → 11.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 11.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2024

South Orange County Wastewater Authority's TCR rose 3.1 from 8.8 in 2019 to 11.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Dana Point, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.0 · 415% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #90/176
  • PHOTO East Bay Municipal U…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: East Bay Municipal Utility District (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Orange County Wastewater Authority in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Orange County Wastewater Authority averages 5.0 TCR (415% of the Water treatment plants BLS benchmark).

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

South Orange County Wastewater Authority TCR series: 2019=8.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=11.9 · BLS 1.2

Where South Orange County Wastewater Authority falls in its industry

727 Water treatment plants establishments

Safer than 43% 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 #90 safest of 176 Water treatment plants employers in California.

South Orange County Wastewater Authority (59 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 South Orange County Wastewater Authority
South Orange County Wastewater Authority (59 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

South Orange County Wastewater Authority has more employees than the Water treatment plants 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 11.9 4.0 5 1 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.4 0.0 4 0 0
2021 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.8 0.0 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Dana Point

727 Water treatment plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 26 employers in Dana Point, 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 East Bay Municipal Utility District 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCWA - Operations 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PUBLIC WORKS 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Des Moines Water Works 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE DFFF-Salinas 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE LOMA 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.R. AG SOLUTIONS, INC. 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE F&J FERNANDEZ CONTRACTING 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR KSL MBR Management II LLC 672 FTE
CITY-NEAR 45248 WALDORF ASTORIA MONARCH BEACH RESORT C 661 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4263-45248 537 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel 486 FTE
NAT-TCR Broadleaf Contracting 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Planters Cotton Oil Mill Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Country Inn & Suites Annapolis 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Saratoga National Restaurant 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Indiana Wheel Company, LLC 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia Cottage Linglestown 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE RRSC Boston North 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northeast Contractors, Inc. 59 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.