Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling · California

Western Propane

Santa Maria, CA · ~27 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Propane runs at 356% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling workplace, earning a grade F.

Western Propane: 12.1 TCR = 356% of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Propane safety composite

Western Propane scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 17.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Western Propane: 3.9 → 17.4 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 17.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.44× in 2024

Western Propane's TCR rose 13.4 from 3.9 in 2020 to 17.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 17.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454310 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 356% of ind

  • DART 17.4 DART
  • RANK #16/20
  • PHOTO MARRAN OIL LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MARRAN OIL LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Propane in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Propane averages 12.1 TCR (356% of the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS benchmark).

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

Western Propane TCR series: 2020=3.9 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=17.9 · 2023=11.9 · 2024=17.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Western Propane falls in its industry

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 20 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) employers in California.

Western Propane (27 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 020406080100 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Propane
Western Propane (27 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Western Propane has fewer employees than the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, d median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 17.4 17.4 4 0 0
2023 11.9 11.9 2 0 0
2022 17.9 17.9 5 0 0
2021 9.4 9.4 2 0 0
2020 3.9 3.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454310 · CA · Santa Maria

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 280 employers in Santa Maria, 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 MARRAN OIL LLC 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sail Energy LLC dba Hometowne Energy Brockport 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5500-DRC-SCARBOROUGH 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Retail East - Windham 12.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE HQ 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Medeiros Farms Vineyards 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAND RANCH 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Bernabe Vineyards 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. 2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030364 2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marian Regional Medical Center 2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR West Deptford Township 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Foodservice Marshall - 0575 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Shepherd of The Valley Lutheran Retirement Inc. - Boardman 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MIW021 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cantarero Wauconda 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Engineered Specialties, LLC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Erick Berscheid Trucking 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE ChemDAQ Inc 27 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.