Plumbing and heating contractors · California

Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc.

El Cajon, CA · ~233 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc. runs at 334% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc.: 9.3 TCR = 334% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc. safety composite

Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc.: 5.7 → 12.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 12.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2022

Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc.'s TCR rose 7.2 from 5.7 in 2021 to 12.9 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · El Cajon, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 334% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #493/594
  • PHOTO Pestinger Heating Ai…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~233 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pestinger Heating Air Electrical,Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc. averages 9.3 TCR (334% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc. TCR series: 2021=5.7 · 2022=12.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #493 safest of 594 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in California.

Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc. (233 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc.
Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc. (233 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Walter Anderson Plumbing Inc. has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2022 12.9 7.1 28 1 0
2021 5.7 4.7 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · El Cajon

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in El Cajon, 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 Pestinger Heating Air Electrical,Inc. 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MMM Plumbing, Heating & A/C Inc. 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tuckey Mechanical Services 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bill Fenwick Plumbing Services LLC 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE GLESS RANCH, INC 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE FMG FARM CONTRACTOR INC 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gemperle Family Farms 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE SCWA - Aviation 233 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHERN REGION : SDU 1,176 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 370 1,148 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics 1,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem Tronics 938 FTE
NAT-TCR Fridley MN Thrift Store 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 163246-Granite City Po 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 166786-Rock Island Po 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 268356-Stp-Woodbury Br 9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Muncie Power Products, Inc. 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3495-11DG010 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0313 - Waterbury Ct Whse 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0780 - Enfield Ct Whse 233 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.