Plumbing contractors · Ohio

The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing

Dayton, OH · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing: 5.0 TCR = 179% of Plumbing contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing safety composite

The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing held a steady TCR band

The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing's TCR held near 0.0 from 5.2 in 2022 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.2 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Dayton, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 179% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #236/300
  • PHOTO Empire HVAC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Empire HVAC (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing averages 5.0 TCR (179% of the Plumbing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing TCR series: 2022=5.2 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 2.8

Where The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing contractors establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #236 safest of 300 Plumbing contractors employers in Ohio.

The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing (28 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing
The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing (28 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

The Waterworks, LLC dba-Atherton Plumbing has fewer employees than the Plumbing contractors 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
2024 5.2 5.2 1 0 0
2023 4.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 5.2 5.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Dayton

5,793 Plumbing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 599 employers in Dayton, OH · 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 Empire HVAC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Piping, Inc 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Climate Pros Kansas City 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paige Mechanical Group, Inc. 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE H and M Building 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fine Oak Farm 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Canton Hatchery 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Small's Sand & Gravel, Inc. 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Miami Valley Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Dayton 5,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dayton Children's Hospital 3,590 FTE
CITY-NEAR CareSource Management Services LLC 3,172 FTE
NAT-TCR Integrity Hermitage Retirement Center, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Plymouth Village 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Limelight Hotel Aspen 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sysco Memphis 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Builders Installed Products Hermon 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midland 250 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Office 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. 28 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.