Utility Company · California
CA-Santa Barbara S/C
Santa Barbara, CA · ~83 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
CA-Santa Barbara S/C runs at 333% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility Company workplace, earning a grade F.
CA-Santa Barbara S/C: 4.0 TCR = 333% of Utility Company BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
CA-Santa Barbara S/C safety composite
CA-Santa Barbara S/C scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
CA-Santa Barbara S/C: 4.6 → 6.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2024
CA-Santa Barbara S/C's TCR rose 1.6 from 4.6 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 221121 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 4.0 · 333% of ind
- DART 4.2 DART
- RANK #55/69
- PHOTO Humboldt Headquarters
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~83 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Humboldt Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)
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CA-Santa Barbara S/C in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
CA-Santa Barbara S/C
4 TCR
- Humboldt Headq
Humboldt Headquarters
4 TCR
- CA-Ventura S/C
CA-Ventura S/C
4 TCR
- CA-Orange Coas
CA-Orange Coast S/C
4 TCR
- CA-Barstow S/C
CA-Barstow S/C
3.9 TCR
What this shows CA-Santa Barbara S/C averages 4.0 TCR (333% of the Utility Company BLS benchmark).
CA-Santa Barbara S/C TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=2.3 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 1.2
Where CA-Santa Barbara S/C falls in its industry
263 Utility Company establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 69 Utility Company employers in California.
CA-Santa Barbara S/C has more employees than the Utility Company median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
221121 · CA · Santa Barbara
263 Utility Company employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, 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 | Humboldt Headquarters | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CA-Ventura S/C | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CA-Orange Coast S/C | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CA-Barstow S/C | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sunny Slope Trees | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stone Land Co. (Grangeville) | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stone Land Co. (Stratford Shop) | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stone Land Co. (Lemoore Shop) | 83 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UC Santa Barbara | 10,779 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | 3,298 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Santa Barbara | 1,587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Big Green Santa Barbara | 674 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | STR0013 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | STR0016 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Willow Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chatham | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | STR0087 | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baptist Health System Jacksonville Lyerly Baptist | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kingston Residence of Hickory | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Women's Health Services of Central Virginia | 83 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.