Multifamily building construction general contractors · California
WL Hickey Sons
San Jose, CA · ~102 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
WL Hickey Sons runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Multifamily building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade C.
WL Hickey Sons: 4.0 TCR = 106% of Multifamily building construction general contractors BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
WL Hickey Sons safety composite
WL Hickey Sons scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% 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
WL Hickey Sons: 3.4 → 6.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.62× in 2024
WL Hickey Sons's TCR rose 3.1 from 3.4 in 2021 to 6.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236116 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 106% of ind
- DART 6.5 DART
- RANK #36/68
- PHOTO Lennar Multi-Family …
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~102 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lennar Multi-Family - Pacific Northwest (0.0 TCR gap)
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WL Hickey Sons in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
WL Hickey Sons
4 TCR
- Lennar Multi-F
Lennar Multi-Family - Pacific Northwest
4 TCR
- Denny Hornbeck
Denny Hornbeck Construction Company, Inc.
4 TCR
- Restore Constr
Restore Construction Group, Inc.
4 TCR
- CCI Homesite
CCI Homesite
4 TCR
What this shows WL Hickey Sons averages 4.0 TCR (106% of the Multifamily building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).
WL Hickey Sons TCR series: 2021=3.4 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 3.8
Where WL Hickey Sons falls in its industry
410 Multifamily building construct establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 68 Multifamily building construct employers in California.
WL Hickey Sons has more employees than the Multifamily building construction genera 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236116 · CA · San Jose
410 Multifamily building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 | Lennar Multi-Family - Pacific Northwest | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Denny Hornbeck Construction Company, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Restore Construction Group, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CCI Homesite | 4.0 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 |
| CITY-NEAR | 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE | 11,308 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) | 7,299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rosendin - Main | 6,964 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) | 6,576 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | double kwik Justiceville | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greenfield Home | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ctf Construction | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Singer Equipment Company | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Central Indiana AMG Muncie | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Doctor's Hospital of Augusta - EVS | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brose Spartanburg | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rich Products Motley | 102 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.