Painting and wallpapering · California

Varsity Painting, Inc.

Walnut Creek, CA · ~141 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Varsity Painting, Inc. runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Painting and wallpapering workplace, earning a grade F.

Varsity Painting, Inc.: 5.8 TCR = 208% of Painting and wallpapering BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Varsity Painting, Inc. safety composite

Varsity Painting, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−5.2

2023→2024

Varsity Painting, Inc. injury rate improved

Varsity Painting, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.2 from 8.4 in 2023 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.4 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Walnut Creek, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 208% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #86/124
  • PHOTO SKIS Painting Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SKIS Painting Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Varsity Painting, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Varsity Painting, Inc. averages 5.8 TCR (208% of the Painting and wallpapering BLS benchmark).

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

Varsity Painting, Inc. TCR series: 2023=8.4 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Varsity Painting, Inc. falls in its industry

582 Painting and wallpapering establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #86 safest of 124 Painting and wallpapering employers in California.

Varsity Painting, Inc. (141 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Varsity Painting, Inc.
Varsity Painting, Inc. (141 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Varsity Painting, Inc. has more employees than the Painting and wallpapering median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2023 8.4 3.6 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · CA · Walnut Creek

582 Painting and wallpapering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 119 employers in Walnut Creek, 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 SKIS Painting Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR QUALITY PAINTING & WALLCOVERINGS, INC. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SERVICE PAINTING, INC. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Erie Painting and Maintenance, Inc. 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Plug Connection -Vista 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE OCEAN VIEW FLOWERS, LLC 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE LABOR 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE VESSEY & COMPANY, INC. 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 522 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 523 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02121551 2,806 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02821551 WALNUT CREEK HOSPITAL 1,924 FTE
NAT-TCR Inter - Terre Haute 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Williamsport Pa 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR West Liberty Foods 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Eight O'Clock Coffee 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ct112 Haydon Kerk 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE LaBree's Bakery 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cross City Lumber 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midtw - Detroit Metro Airport 141 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. 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.