Water supply systems · Pennsylvania

The York Water Company

York, PA · ~111 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The York Water Company runs at 381% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water supply systems workplace, earning a grade F.

The York Water Company: 4.6 TCR = 381% of Water supply systems BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The York Water Company safety composite

The York Water Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.2

2016→2024

The York Water Company injury rate improved

The York Water Company's TCR fell 2.2 from 4.4 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · York, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.6 · 381% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #17/23
  • PHOTO Central California I…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central California Irrigation District (0.0 TCR gap)

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The York Water Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The York Water Company averages 4.6 TCR (381% of the Water supply systems BLS benchmark).

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

The York Water Company TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 1.2

Where The York Water Company falls in its industry

727 Water supply systems establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 23 Water supply systems employers in Pennsylvania.

The York Water Company (111 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 The York Water Company
The York Water Company (111 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

The York Water Company has more employees than the Water supply systems 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 2.3 0.8 3 0 0
2023 3.9 1.6 5 0 0
2022 7.5 3.4 9 0 0
2021 2.9 2.0 2 1 0
2020 6.9 3.5 8 0 0
2019 4.3 2.6 4 1 0
2018 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2017 6.2 0.9 6 1 0
2016 4.4 2.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · PA · York

727 Water supply systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 496 employers in York, PA · 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 Central California Irrigation District 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Margarita Water District 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seattle Public Utilities 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6020 - Tampa 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE A & E Construction Co. 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE EciConstruction 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE PA Turnpike Mont. County Road & Bridge Reconstruction 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE PAGODA ELECTRICAL INC 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellSpan York Hospital 4,886 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellSpan Medical Group 4,293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wellspan Health 2,591 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx Supply Chain (Target York) 1,875 FTE
NAT-TCR Anderson Sc 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Nissan Dallas Parts Distribution Center 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wynn's at The Reef LLC 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 137 Memphis 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nucor Cold Finish Nebraska 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Iberia Manor South 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Citation HealthCare Labels 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Hills Honda 111 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.