Water distribution (except irrigation) · California

Water Distribution

Santa Barbara, CA · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Water Distribution runs at 429% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade F.

Water Distribution: 5.2 TCR = 429% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Water Distribution safety composite

Water Distribution scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

Water Distribution: 4.4 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024

Water Distribution's TCR rose 1.5 from 4.4 in 2023 to 5.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 429% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #95/176
  • PHOTO Aqua Ohio, Inc. - Ma…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aqua Ohio, Inc. - Massillon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Water Distribution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Water Distribution averages 5.2 TCR (429% of the Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS benchmark).

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

Water Distribution TCR series: 2023=4.4 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Water Distribution falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #95 safest of 176 Water distribution (except irr employers in California.

Water Distribution (53 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 Water Distribution
Water Distribution (53 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Water Distribution has more employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) median and a higher 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
2024 5.9 3.0 4 0 0
2023 4.4 2.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Santa Barbara

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, 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 Aqua Ohio, Inc. - Massillon 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR District Office 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robert Diemer Filtration Plant 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Georgetown County Water and Sewer District 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE P-R Farms 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE LRC LABOR SERVICES INC 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acemi Nursery 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ball Tagawa Growers 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Barbara 10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 3,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Barbara 1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Green Santa Barbara 674 FTE
NAT-TCR Parker White Metal Co. 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kingston Residence of Santa Fe 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Market Of Choice #4 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sound Seal 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Elizabeth NJ TSDF 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sonata East at Viera 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sonata Viera 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sussex Wire 53 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.