Lending libraries · California

City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.)

Los Angeles, CA · ~1,217 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.) runs at 527% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lending libraries workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.): 3.7 TCR = 527% of Lending libraries BLS 0.7 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.) safety composite

City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Rising injury rate

City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.): 1.7 → 5.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.1× in 2024

City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.)'s TCR rose 3.9 from 1.7 in 2021 to 5.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 3.7 · 527% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #10/17
  • PHOTO City of South San Fr…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~1,217 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of South San Francisco Main Library (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.) 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 Dept.) averages 3.7 TCR (527% of the Lending libraries BLS benchmark).

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

City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.) TCR series: 2021=1.7 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 0.7

Where City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.) falls in its industry

89 Lending libraries establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #10 safest of 17 Lending libraries employers in California.

City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.) (1,217 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Dept.)
City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.) (1,217 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9

City of Los Angeles (Library Dept.) has more employees than the Lending libraries 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
2024 5.7 4.0 38 15 0
2021 1.7 0.5 14 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

519120 · CA · Los Angeles

89 Lending libraries 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 City of South San Francisco Main Library 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darien Public Library 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Juneau Library System 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rondo Community Library 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc. 1,217 FTE
STATE-SIZE 410-DC001 1,217 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Digital Fremont 1,216 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prado Farm Labor Services Inc 1,219 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 Clerbrook Golf & RV Resort 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lutheran Hillside Village 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Manassas VA Decking 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Polk County Landfill 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - MCO 1,217 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flex - Buffalo Grove 1,217 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - PHX3 1,216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Association 1,216 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.