Aircraft auxiliary parts (e.g., crop dusting, external fuel tanks, inflight refueling equipment) manufacturing · California
WATSON
Lakewood, CA · ~105 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
WATSON runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Aircraft auxiliary parts (e.g., crop dusting, external fuel tanks, inflight refueling equipment) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
WATSON: 5.3 TCR = 162% of Aircraft auxiliary parts (e.g., crop dusting, external fuel tanks, inflight refueling equipment) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
WATSON safety composite
WATSON scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
WATSON: 1.3 → 4.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.29× in 2024
WATSON's TCR rose 3.4 from 1.3 in 2018 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336413 · Lakewood, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 162% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #87/104
- PHOTO AeroQuest, Inc.
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~105 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: AeroQuest, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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WATSON in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Bell - BHT Bro
Bell - BHT Broussard Blades
5.4 TCR
- Triumph Aerosp
Triumph Aerospace Structures Stuart Site
5.4 TCR
- This site
WATSON
5.3 TCR
- AeroQuest, Inc
AeroQuest, Inc.
5.3 TCR
- Global Tooling
Global Tooling Systems
5.3 TCR
What this shows WATSON averages 5.3 TCR (162% of the Aircraft auxiliary parts (e.g., crop dusting, external fuel tanks, inflight refueling equipment) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
WATSON TCR series: 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=9.7 · 2022=10 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.3
Where WATSON falls in its industry
650 Aircraft auxiliary parts (e.g. establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #87 safest of 104 Aircraft auxiliary parts (e.g. employers in California.
WATSON has fewer employees than the Aircraft auxiliary parts (e.g., crop dus median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.0 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.7 | 8.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336413 · CA · Lakewood
650 Aircraft auxiliary parts (e.g., crop dusting, external fuel tanks, inflight refueling equipment) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 63 employers in Lakewood, 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 | AeroQuest, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bell - BHT Broussard Blades | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Global Tooling Systems | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Triumph Aerospace Structures Stuart Site | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Villa Park Riverside | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Zion Harvest | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fowler Packing Farm Management | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SATICOY BASE - 15 | 105 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4701-012 | 935 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lakewood Regional Office | 469 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South County Lakewood | 458 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2609 | 408 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Kingsport | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Viking SupplyNet & Fabrication Services - Phoenix | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northwest Construction | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HTI Spartnaburg 3 | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | RJE Middle School | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hardy Corporation | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Westgate New York | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arna marketing | 105 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.