Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books) · California

Westamerica Communications, Inc.

Leka Forest, CA · ~102 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Westamerica Communications, Inc. runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books) workplace, earning a grade D.

Westamerica Communications, Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 140% of Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Westamerica Communications, Inc. safety composite

Westamerica Communications, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2017→2019

Westamerica Communications, Inc. injury rate improved

Westamerica Communications, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.7 from 5.9 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.9 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Leka Forest, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 140% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #96/150
  • PHOTO Windsor Marketing Gr…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Windsor Marketing Group (0.0 TCR gap)

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Westamerica Communications, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Westamerica Communications, Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (140% of the Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books) BLS benchmark).

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

Westamerica Communications, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.9 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Westamerica Communications, Inc. falls in its industry

2,001 Print shops, lithographic (off establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #96 safest of 150 Print shops, lithographic (off employers in California.

Westamerica Communications, Inc. (102 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Westamerica Communications, Inc.
Westamerica Communications, Inc. (102 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Westamerica Communications, Inc. has more employees than the Print shops, lithographic (offset) (exce median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 5.3 4.2 5 0 0
2018 2.7 0.9 3 0 0
2017 5.9 1.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · CA · Leka Forest

2,001 Print shops, lithographic (offset) (except printing books) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 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 Windsor Marketing Group 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR THE ROCK GA 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paterson, NJ 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nosco - Waukegan Facility 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE REFCO FARMS LLC 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Pinery LLC 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Rey Packing Co 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE ONM 102 FTE
NAT-TCR Vanburen, Ar 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR North Troy #010 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR REN054 Des Plaines 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR FedEx Supply Chain - Whrpl North Liberty 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mary R. Tisko Elementary School 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bluff Manufacturing 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0005 0920 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Swy 0025 1501 102 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.