Water supply systems · California
Valley Center Municipal Water District
Valley Center, CA · ~71 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valley Center Municipal Water District runs at 607% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water supply systems workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 1.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 26
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Valley Center Municipal Water District's OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.3 to the Water supply systems BLS benchmark of 1.2 (607% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Valley Center Municipal Water District's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.2 industry benchmark.
Where Valley Center Municipal Water District falls in its industry
841 Water supply systems establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #142 safest of 182 Water supply systems employers in California.
Trend analysis for Valley Center Municipal Water District
Between 2017 and 2024, Valley Center Municipal Water District's Total Case Rate improved from 14.0 to 5.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 58% decrease across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 3.1, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 14.0, a spread of 10.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, Valley Center Municipal Water District recorded 26 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 26 injuries, 10 illnesses shown on this page for Valley Center Municipal Water District are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 221310 - Water supply systems.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 137,424 hours worked = 4.37 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Valley Center Municipal Water District (this establishment) | 7.28 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Water supply systems industry avg | 1.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 221310 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Valley Center Municipal Water District to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 5 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 6 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 2 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 5 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 8 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 4 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Valley Center Municipal Water District's reported OSHA injury record versus its Water supply systems peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 607% of the Water supply systems benchmark, Valley Center Municipal Water District reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Water supply systems sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.