Carpenters (except framing) · California

Wardell Builders Inc

Solana Beach, CA · ~31 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wardell Builders Inc runs at 347% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Carpenters (except framing) workplace, earning a grade F.

Wardell Builders Inc: 9.7 TCR = 347% of Carpenters (except framing) BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wardell Builders Inc safety composite

Wardell Builders Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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 9.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−9.6

2016→2020

Wardell Builders Inc injury rate improved

Wardell Builders Inc's TCR fell 9.6 from 12.8 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 19.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.8 · 2017=7.6 · 2018=19.7 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238350 · Solana Beach, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 347% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #47/66
  • PHOTO First Finishers LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: First Finishers LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Wardell Builders Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wardell Builders Inc averages 9.7 TCR (347% of the Carpenters (except framing) BLS benchmark).

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

Wardell Builders Inc TCR series: 2016=12.8 · 2017=7.6 · 2018=19.7 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Wardell Builders Inc falls in its industry

367 Carpenters (except framing) establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

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 66 Carpenters (except framing) employers in California.

Wardell Builders Inc (31 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Wardell Builders Inc
Wardell Builders Inc (31 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Wardell Builders Inc has fewer employees than the Carpenters (except framing) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2019 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2018 19.7 7.4 8 0 0
2017 7.6 7.6 3 0 0
2016 12.8 3.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238350 · CA · Solana Beach

367 Carpenters (except framing) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 21 employers in Solana Beach, 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 First Finishers LLC 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Storm Smart Windows 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heath Stairworks, Inc. 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hollywood Crawford Door Co. 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Solana Beach 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flight Operations Support 206 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02327 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR SWY-0029-0029-02327 FAC-02327-SOLANA BEACH-CA 97 FTE
NAT-TCR 562 Hampton, Va 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Crawford Industries - Crawfordsville Headquarters 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley View Nursing & Rehab 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Crofton Convalescent Centr Inc 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 157 Quickchek Food Store 157 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Val 37 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Millers Markets Garrett 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0000000063 Quickchek Food Stores 31 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: 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.