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
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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.

Water Quality Lab: 2.2 TCR = 180% of Electrip Power Distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Water Quality Lab safety composite

Water Quality Lab scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Water Quality Lab held a steady TCR band

Water Quality Lab's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.2 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Pasadena, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 180% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #59/260
  • PHOTO ROANOKE
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ROANOKE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Water Quality Lab in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Water Quality Lab averages 2.2 TCR (180% of the Electrip Power Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Water Quality Lab TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Water Quality Lab falls in its industry

2,958 Electrip Power Distribution establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 260 Electrip Power Distribution employers in California.

Water Quality Lab (50 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Water Quality Lab
Water Quality Lab (50 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Water Quality Lab has fewer employees than the Electrip Power Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · CA · Pasadena

2,958 Electrip Power Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 195 employers in Pasadena, 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 ROANOKE 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dickson Electric System 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMEREN ILLINOIS - La Salle 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PEPCO-Forestville Service Center 2.2 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 ACCO Engineered Systems 4,604 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2313-00000001 4,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Pasadena 2,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huntington Hospital 2,228 FTE
NAT-TCR Rice Packaging, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AMEREN ILLINOIS - La Salle 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacksonville Plant 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR City Furniture North Miami Beach #16 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE carry-on trailer coburg 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glenmary Evergreen 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Champaign CMI1 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plasma Biological Services - Memphis (Summer), TN 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: 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.