General services departments, government · California
City of Pasadena
Pasadena, CA · ~2,397 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Pasadena runs at 351% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.2
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1,466
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares City of Pasadena's OSHA Total Case Rate of 11.2 to the General services departments, government BLS benchmark of 3.2 (351% of benchmark) across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
City of Pasadena's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.2 industry benchmark.
Where City of Pasadena falls in its industry
1,747 General services departments, establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #246 safest of 292 General services departments, employers in California.
Trend analysis for City of Pasadena
Between 2017 and 2024, City of Pasadena's Total Case Rate worsened from 12.0 to 13.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 15% increase across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 1.1, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 14.8, a spread of 13.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 7 reporting years, City of Pasadena recorded 1,466 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 7-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 1,466 injuries, 116 illnesses shown on this page for City of Pasadena are sourced from its own 7 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 921190 - General services departments, government.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
104 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 3,820,684 hours worked = 5.44 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| City of Pasadena (this establishment) | 11.22 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| Civil rights commissions industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 921190 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by City of Pasadena to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 263 reportable incidents · 253 injuries, 10 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 210 reportable incidents · 204 injuries, 6 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 264 reportable incidents · 210 injuries, 54 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 224 reportable incidents · 189 injuries, 35 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 221 reportable incidents · 216 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 200 reportable incidents · 197 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 200 reportable incidents · 197 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.8 | 5.4 | 253 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.1 | 4.3 | 204 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.8 | 6.7 | 210 | 54 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.6 | 5.0 | 189 | 35 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.1 | 6.3 | 216 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 197 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.0 | 6.9 | 197 | 3 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on City of Pasadena's reported OSHA injury record versus its General services departments, government peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 351% of the General services departments, government benchmark, City of Pasadena reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider General services departments, government sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.