Water treatment and distribution · California

Vandenberg Air Force Base

Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA · ~18 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vandenberg Air Force Base runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Vandenberg Air Force Base: 3.1 TCR = 257% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vandenberg Air Force Base safety composite

Vandenberg Air Force Base scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−15.4

2016→2020

Vandenberg Air Force Base injury rate improved

Vandenberg Air Force Base's TCR fell 15.4 from 15.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.1 · 257% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/176
  • PHOTO Des Pinar- Longwood …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Des Pinar- Longwood FL-Sanlando Utilities (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vandenberg Air Force Base in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vandenberg Air Force Base averages 3.1 TCR (257% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Vandenberg Air Force Base TCR series: 2016=15.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Vandenberg Air Force Base falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 176 Water treatment and distributi employers in California.

Vandenberg Air Force Base (18 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vandenberg Air Force Base (18 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Vandenberg Air Force Base has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a lower 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 15.4 15.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Vandenberg Air Force Base

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 4 employers in Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Des Pinar- Longwood FL-Sanlando Utilities 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water/Public Works, Public Utiities 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC - New Castle 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henry Hibino Farms LLC 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE BATAVIA, INC. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gold Coast Farms 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE HM.CLAUSE Davis East Research Station 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northrop Grumman - VAFB 1555 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northrop Grumman - VAFB 1819 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northrop Grumman - VAFB B1900 60 FTE
NAT-TCR Avalon Precision Casting Company, LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 35-La Ceiba 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Secondary High School 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bedford Care Center-Monroe Hall, LLC 3.1 TCR

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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.