Downspout, gutter, and gutter guard installation · California

Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc.

El Cajon, CA · ~32 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Downspout, gutter, and gutter guard installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 168% of Downspout, gutter, and gutter guard installation BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. safety composite

Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc.: 5.8 → 13.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 13.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.67× in 2021

Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc.'s TCR rose 7.3 from 5.8 in 2018 to 13.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238170 · El Cajon, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 168% of ind

  • DART 7.9 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO DAC Services Inc. DB…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DAC Services Inc. DBA Four C's Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (168% of the Downspout, gutter, and gutter guard installation BLS benchmark).

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

Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=13.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. falls in its industry

137 Downspout, gutter, and gutter establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Downspout, gutter, and gutter employers in California.

Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc.
Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Western Bay Sheet Metal, Inc. has fewer employees than the Downspout, gutter, and gutter guard inst median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2021 13.1 7.9 5 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238170 · CA · El Cajon

137 Downspout, gutter, and gutter guard installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in El Cajon, 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 DAC Services Inc. DBA Four C's Construction 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR LeafGuard of Western Michigan 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR LeafGuard of Indianapolis 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3R Products & Services 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schreiner Farms 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE FIVE POINTS T.I.C. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE OFFICE 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brocchini Farms Inc. 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHERN REGION : SDU 1,176 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 370 1,148 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics 1,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Aerospace Chem Tronics 938 FTE
NAT-TCR MKE Terminal 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Newport Health and Rehabilitation Center 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond K Incorporated 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Eagle Transport Corporation - Chattanooga 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ridge Valley Exteriors, Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Hardwoods of Ohio, Inc. - Cambridge 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Culligan 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Genesee Treatment Center 32 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.