Distribution line, sewer and water, construction · California

Tierra Contracting, Inc

Name: Tierra Contracting, Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Santa Barbara, CA · ~45 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tierra Contracting, Inc runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Distribution line, sewer and water, construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Tierra Contracting, Inc: 2.1 TCR = 75% of Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tierra Contracting, Inc safety composite

Tierra Contracting, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.5

2017→2023

Tierra Contracting, Inc injury rate improved

Tierra Contracting, Inc's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2018=4.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Santa Barbara, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 75% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #65/201
PHOTO KTA Construction Inc.
BOOK 5y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KTA Construction Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steve Bubalo C

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What this shows Tierra Contracting, Inc averages 2.1 TCR (75% of the Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS benchmark).

Tierra Contracting, Inc TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=4.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Tierra Contracting, Inc falls in its industry

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and w establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 201 Distribution line, sewer and w employers in California.

Tierra Contracting, Inc (45 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Tierra Contracting, Inc has fewer employees than the Distribution line, sewer and water, cons median and a lower 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	3.2	0.0	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2018	4.7	2.4	2
2017	2.5	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · CA · Santa Barbara

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and water, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	KTA Construction Inc.	ALPINE, CA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Florez Paving	SACRAMENTO, CA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MCC	PRINCE FREDERICK, MD	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Steve Bubalo Construction Co.	MONROVIA, CA	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Salinas Transplant Company	SALINAS	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Terra Firma Farm	WINTERS	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Donald Beeman Farm	WOODLAND	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Berry Mist Farms, LP	AROMAS	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital	Santa Barbara	3,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Big Green Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	674 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pemiscot Memorial health system	Hayti, MO	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lonestar Distribution - Pecos	Pecos, TX	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Farmers Cooperative Company	Readlyn, IA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Seneca Wastewater Treatment Plant	Eagan, MN	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Johns Hopkins Pediatrics at Home	Baltimore, MD	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Minnesota State Community and Technical College- Wadena	Wadena, MN	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ced - Greentech (5621)	Orlando, FL	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Villas of Holly Brook - Harrisburg	Harrisburg, IL	45 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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