Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding · California

Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara runs at 222% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding workplace, earning a grade F.

Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara: 8.4 TCR = 222% of Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara safety composite

Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 8.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−16.9

2017→2018

Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara injury rate improved

Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara's TCR fell 16.9 from 16.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.9 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621493 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 222% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/36
  • PHOTO CHRISTUS Surgery Cen…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CHRISTUS Surgery Center - Olympia Hills (0.0 TCR gap)

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Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara averages 8.4 TCR (222% of the Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding BLS benchmark).

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

Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara TCR series: 2017=16.9 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara falls in its industry

498 Ambulatory surgical centers an establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 36 Ambulatory surgical centers an employers in California.

Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara (41 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara
Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara (41 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Center for Specialized Surgery of Santa Barbara has fewer employees than the Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 16.9 8.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621493 · CA · Santa Barbara

498 Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding 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 CHRISTUS Surgery Center - Olympia Hills 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Kirby Glen 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Joseph Center for Outpatient Surgery 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scottsdale Eye Surgery Cenrter 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAL-O ORGANIC FARMING ADMINISTRATION 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Lindsay 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | IEW Enterprise 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE George Jackson Farms, Inc. 41 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 Yakima (Wayak) 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #766 (Shelby, MT) 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Milwaukee Brewing Company 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 0037 - Phoenix, Az 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ross store 238 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Golden Harbor Assisted Living 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Location #4 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meherrin Chemical - Severn 41 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.