Water distribution for irrigation · California

Water District

Firebaugh, CA · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Water District runs at 793% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution for irrigation workplace, earning a grade F.

Water District: 9.5 TCR = 793% of Water distribution for irrigation BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Water District safety composite

Water District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−4.2

2019→2020

Water District injury rate improved

Water District's TCR fell 4.2 from 11.6 in 2019 to 7.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.6 · 2020=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Firebaugh, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 793% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK #153/176
  • PHOTO VILLAGE OF GLENCOE P…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VILLAGE OF GLENCOE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Water District averages 9.5 TCR (793% of the Water distribution for irrigation BLS benchmark).

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

Water District TCR series: 2019=11.6 · 2020=7.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Water District falls in its industry

727 Water distribution for irrigat establishments

Safer than 14% 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 #153 safest of 176 Water distribution for irrigat employers in California.

Water District (50 employees, TCR 9.5) 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 District
Water District (50 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Water District has fewer employees than the Water distribution for 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
2020 7.4 7.4 2 1 0
2019 11.6 11.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CA · Firebaugh

727 Water distribution for irrigation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 37 employers in Firebaugh, 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 VILLAGE OF GLENCOE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Hartford Filters 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Department of Public Works 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Burbank - Burbank Water and Power - Water Maint./Const. 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jack Bros., Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE M Three Ranches, LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Penterman Farming Company 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trefethen Farming, LLC 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR S.H. SMITH FARMS INC 1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR TomaTek 629 FTE
CITY-NEAR Peri & Sons Farms of California, LLC 299 FTE
CITY-NEAR I.S.A. CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC. 264 FTE
NAT-TCR Green Plains Ord LLC 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Spee-Dee Delivery Service, Inc. - Duluth 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Randall Electric 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Adult Addictions Receiving Facility 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Riverside Paper Co., Inc. Miami 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arthur Plant 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maronda Homes Inc of Pennsylvania 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boulder Creek stone 50 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. 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.