Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) · California

City of Los Angeles Library Department

Los Angeles, CA · ~1,295 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Los Angeles Library Department runs at 617% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Los Angeles Library Department: 4.3 TCR = 617% of Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) BLS 0.7 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Los Angeles Library Department safety composite

City of Los Angeles Library Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−6.8

2018→2023

City of Los Angeles Library Department injury rate improved

City of Los Angeles Library Department's TCR fell 6.8 from 10.7 in 2018 to 3.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.7 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 519120 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 4.3 · 617% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #13/17
  • PHOTO Kingman Library
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 145 inj
  • SIZE ~1,295 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kingman Library (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Los Angeles Library Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Los Angeles Library Department averages 4.3 TCR (617% of the Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) BLS benchmark).

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

City of Los Angeles Library Department TCR series: 2018=10.7 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=3.9 · BLS 0.7

Where City of Los Angeles Library Department falls in its industry

89 Libraries (except motion pictu establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

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 17 Libraries (except motion pictu employers in California.

City of Los Angeles Library Department (1,295 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Los Angeles Library Department
City of Los Angeles Library Department (1,295 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9

City of Los Angeles Library Department has more employees than the Libraries (except motion picture stock f median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2023 3.9 2.9 38 4 0
2022 2.1 1.5 17 5 0
2020 1.1 0.6 11 1 0
2019 3.9 1.9 40 1 0
2018 10.7 8.0 39 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

519120 · CA · Los Angeles

89 Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 2,064 employers in Los Angeles, 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 Kingman Library 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grant R. Brimhall Library 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yuma County Library District 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Milford Library 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ag Force Labor 1,294 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling, LLC - Downey 1,296 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2032-08180951 1,294 FTE
STATE-SIZE CACPT - COMPTON HUB 1,297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. 50,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Los Angeles 40,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR LADWP 11,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 10,346 FTE
NAT-TCR Wasatch Fab and Machine 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Binghamton #237 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Trinity Towers 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hopkinsville Mother Plant 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Reston Hospital Center 1,295 FTE
NAT-SIZE Knox Community Hospital 1,295 FTE
NAT-SIZE LK Jordan, Corpus Christi, LTD L.K. Jordan & Associates 1,295 FTE
NAT-SIZE Snowmass Ski Area 1,295 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.