Electrip Power Distribution · California

Water Quality Lab

Pasadena, CA · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities

The verdict

Water Quality Lab runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electrip Power Distribution workplace, earning a grade D.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
avg TCR · per 100 workers
1.2
industry benchmark (BLS)
3
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Water Quality Lab's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.2 to the Electrip Power Distribution BLS benchmark of 1.2 (180% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.

Injury rate over time

Water Quality Lab's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.2 industry benchmark.

11.522.5 201720182019 2.21.2 Industry benchmarkWater Quality Lab TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 221122.

Where Water Quality Lab falls in its industry

3,354 Electrip Power Distribution establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #76 safest of 277 Electrip Power Distribution employers in California.

Trend analysis for Water Quality Lab

Between 2017 and 2019, Water Quality Lab's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 2.2 to 2.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 2% decrease across 2 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 2.1, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 2.2, a spread of 0.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 3 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.

Summed across those 3 reporting years, Water Quality Lab recorded 3 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

The 3 injuries shown on this page for Water Quality Lab are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 221122 - Electrip Power Distribution.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2019)

What is the DART rate formula?

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 92,751 hours worked = 0.00 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Water Quality Lab (this establishment) 2.16 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg
Distribution of electric power industry avg 1.20 BLS IIF, NAICS 221122
California state avg (all industries) 5.64 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Water Quality Lab to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2019 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Water Quality Lab's reported OSHA injury record versus its Electrip Power Distribution peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 180% of the Electrip Power Distribution benchmark, Water Quality Lab reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Electrip Power Distribution sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Water Quality Lab's safety grade?
Water Quality Lab has a safety grade of D (Poor Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.2 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 1.2 for Electrip Power Distribution.
How many injuries has Water Quality Lab reported?
Water Quality Lab has reported 3 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 3 years of OSHA data (2019, 2018, 2017). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore Editorial

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.