Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) · California

United Towing Burbank

Burbank, CA · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Towing Burbank runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) workplace, earning a grade A.

United Towing Burbank: 0.9 TCR = 21% of Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Towing Burbank safety composite

United Towing Burbank scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−2.8

2017→2019

United Towing Burbank injury rate improved

United Towing Burbank's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488410 · Burbank, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 21% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/48
  • PHOTO VACAVILLE TOW INC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VACAVILLE TOW INC (0.1 TCR gap)

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United Towing Burbank in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Towing Burbank averages 0.9 TCR (21% of the Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) BLS benchmark).

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

United Towing Burbank TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 4.5

Where United Towing Burbank falls in its industry

157 Emergency road services (i.e., establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 48 Emergency road services (i.e., employers in California.

United Towing Burbank (30 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate United Towing Burbank
United Towing Burbank (30 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 5.3

United Towing Burbank has fewer employees than the Emergency road services (i.e., tow servi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488410 · CA · Burbank

157 Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 260 employers in Burbank, 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 VACAVILLE TOW INC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Voigt Inc DBA Smitty's Towing Santa Maria 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liverpool 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR United West Covina 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE BZNUR 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1780 San Juan Rd. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter Oaks 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenfields Turf, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Disney Media and Entertainment-Burbank 5,742 FTE
CITY-NEAR Media Networks 4,278 FTE
CITY-NEAR Disney Studio Entertainment 3,701 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Walt Disney Company - Corporate 3,172 FTE
NAT-TCR Shire- Covington 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Castle Hayne Ready Mix Plant 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR C&C Industrial, Inc 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : MFG-La Crosse, WI-USA 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE QCD - Service Center 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Briggs San Antonio 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wis-Pak of Flagstaff 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE JR Simplot Company-SGS Halsey 30 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: 2019, 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.