Water softener installation · California

Water Techniques

Santa Ana, CA · ~26 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Water Techniques runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water softener installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Water Techniques: 5.8 TCR = 209% of Water softener installation BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Water Techniques safety composite

Water Techniques scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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 5.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−0.4

2017→2021

Water Techniques injury rate improved

Water Techniques's TCR fell 0.4 from 4.4 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.4 · 2018=7.0 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=10.0 · 2021=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Santa Ana, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 209% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #394/594
  • PHOTO Junction Climate Con…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Junction Climate Control (0.0 TCR gap)

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Water Techniques in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Water Techniques averages 5.8 TCR (209% of the Water softener installation BLS benchmark).

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

Water Techniques TCR series: 2017=4.4 · 2018=7 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=10 · 2021=4 · BLS 2.8

Where Water Techniques falls in its industry

5,793 Water softener installation establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #394 safest of 594 Water softener installation employers in California.

Water Techniques (26 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Water Techniques
Water Techniques (26 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Water Techniques has fewer employees than the Water softener installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2021 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2020 10.0 10.0 2 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2018 7.0 7.0 2 0 0
2017 4.4 4.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · CA · Santa Ana

5,793 Water softener installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 492 employers in Santa Ana, 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 Junction Climate Control 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southport Engineered Systems 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR RRSC Atlanta 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR NBLY Co Ops CCO SPV LLC d/b/a Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Colorado Springs 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE HAULING & TRAILER SHOP 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seasholtz Co., LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Valley Vineyards 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Central Coast Vineyards 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Think Together 2,496 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Ana 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orange County/Los Angeles 1,072 FTE
CITY-NEAR 056937-SANTA ANA CA P&DC 920 FTE
NAT-TCR 3112 Savannah 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Envinty 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR LaurelWood Care Center 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Arizona Finisher & Trans-Est 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE East Operations Center 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Peoria 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Craddock Terry Hotel 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kersten Lumber Company, Inc 26 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: 2021, 2020, 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.