Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · California
Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction
San Luis Obispo, CA · ~54 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade F.
Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction: 7.4 TCR = 264% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction safety composite
Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction: 3.7 → 11.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 11.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2024
Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction's TCR rose 7.3 from 3.7 in 2023 to 11.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · San Luis Obispo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 264% of ind
- DART 9.2 DART
- RANK #506/551
- PHOTO Herco Office
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~54 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Herco Office (0.0 TCR gap)
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Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction
7.4 TCR
- Herco Office
Herco Office
7.4 TCR
- Iowa Civil Con
Iowa Civil Contracting, Inc.
7.4 TCR
- Kalkaska Count
Kalkaska County Road Commission
7.4 TCR
- Madison County
Madison County Secondary Roads
7.4 TCR
What this shows Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction averages 7.4 TCR (264% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction TCR series: 2023=3.7 · 2024=11 · BLS 2.8
Where Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #506 safest of 551 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in California.
Souza Engineering Contracting Inc. dba Souza Construction has fewer employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 11.0 | 9.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · CA · San Luis Obispo
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 177 employers in San Luis Obispo, 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 | Herco Office | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Iowa Civil Contracting, Inc. | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kalkaska County Road Commission | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Madison County Secondary Roads | 7.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sea Mist Farms | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harold E. Robben, Jr. | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jose Maria Perez | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pauma Valley | 54 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bella Vista Transitional Care Center | 8,119 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Men's Colony - San Luis Obispo | 1,599 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Men's Colony | 1,482 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 279 | 946 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Nutrivo, LLC | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Franklin County Government | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Slenner LLC dba Arrow Pest Control | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sioux International Inc | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Benton House of Douglasville | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USA Jamaica 305 Federal Cir | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USA West Palm Beach 2005 Belvedere Rd | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USA Tulsa 2136 N 73rd Ave | 54 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.