Natural Gas Distribution Srv. · California

Taft Base - 15

Taft, CA · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Taft Base - 15 runs at 485% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution Srv. workplace, earning a grade F.

Taft Base - 15: 5.8 TCR = 485% of Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Taft Base - 15 safety composite

Taft Base - 15 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−3.8

2017→2018

Taft Base - 15 injury rate improved

Taft Base - 15's TCR fell 3.8 from 7.7 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2018=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Taft, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 485% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #89/125
  • PHOTO Southern Connecticut…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern Connecticut Gas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Taft Base - 15 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Taft Base - 15 averages 5.8 TCR (485% 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

Taft Base - 15 TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2018=3.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Taft Base - 15 falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. establishments

Safer than 13% 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 #89 safest of 125 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers in California.

Taft Base - 15 (26 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 Taft Base - 15
Taft Base - 15 (26 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Taft 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 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2017 7.7 0.0 0 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · CA · Taft

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 17 employers in Taft, 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 Southern Connecticut Gas 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIMI BASE - 15 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ONG ER BROKN ARRW SC 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wise Ave. 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE HAULING & TRAILER SHOP 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seasholtz Co., LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Valley Vineyards 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Central Coast Vineyards 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 391 1,479 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6808-0415 281 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-ABS-0029-0028-01382 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABS-0029-0028-01382 FAC-01382-TAFT-CA 79 FTE
NAT-TCR Edgerton T & M 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Atlanta Medical Center South 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cinfinity Ksc (Flksc0) 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Penske : 5094-00 Wilcox Farms/Roy, WA 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE BioSystems International, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland OH HCS at Home 90-43-63-12 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hemingford 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Polar Service Centers - Rockdale 26 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.