Commuter Rail Systems · California

55575 San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA · ~42 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

55575 San Luis Obispo runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commuter Rail Systems workplace, earning a grade D.

55575 San Luis Obispo: 6.0 TCR = 134% of Commuter Rail Systems BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

55575 San Luis Obispo safety composite

55575 San Luis Obispo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2019→2024

55575 San Luis Obispo injury rate improved

55575 San Luis Obispo's TCR fell 2.1 from 10.9 in 2019 to 8.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.9 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=8.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485112 · San Luis Obispo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 134% of ind

  • DART 8.8 DART
  • RANK #13/18
  • PHOTO Sonoma-Marin Area Ra…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (0.1 TCR gap)

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55575 San Luis Obispo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 55575 San Luis Obispo averages 6.0 TCR (134% of the Commuter Rail Systems BLS benchmark).

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

55575 San Luis Obispo TCR series: 2019=10.9 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=8.8 · BLS 4.5

Where 55575 San Luis Obispo falls in its industry

71 Commuter Rail Systems establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 18 Commuter Rail Systems employers in California.

55575 San Luis Obispo (42 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 55575 San Luis Obispo
55575 San Luis Obispo (42 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 3.1

55575 San Luis Obispo has fewer employees than the Commuter Rail Systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 8.8 8.8 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2021 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2020 9.1 3.0 3 0 0
2019 10.9 10.9 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485112 · CA · San Luis Obispo

71 Commuter Rail Systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 177 employers in San Luis Obispo, 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 Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55345 PALM TRAN CONNECTION 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55557 SAM TRANS 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55439 MARYLAND MTA 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Quad H 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE CJJ Farming, Inc 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oceano Packing Company LLC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connell Ranch 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bella Vista Transitional Care Center 8,119 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Men's Colony - San Luis Obispo 1,599 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Men's Colony 1,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 279 946 FTE
NAT-TCR 057 Fort Worth TX 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1847 Ctv24 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Transport - 554 554SH 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ream Roofing Associates, LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Camp Courage 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marc Glassman Inc 48SM 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE McKay's Market Brookings #29 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bristol Builders & Contractors, Inc. 42 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.