Employer · California

City of South Gate

South Gate, CA · ~476 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of South Gate runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

City of South Gate: 8.2 TCR = 257% of industry BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of South Gate safety composite

City of South Gate scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.8

2018→2024

City of South Gate injury rate improved

City of South Gate's TCR fell 2.8 from 10.2 in 2018 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.2 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · South Gate, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 257% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #168/256
  • PHOTO Town of Fayal
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 91 inj
  • SIZE ~476 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Town of Fayal (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of South Gate in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of South Gate averages 8.2 TCR (257% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

City of South Gate TCR series: 2018=10.2 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 3.2

Where City of South Gate falls in its industry

1,496 industry establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #168 safest of 256 industry employers in California.

City of South Gate (476 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of South Gate
City of South Gate (476 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of South Gate has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 7.4 5.1 24 5 0
2023 7.2 4.4 28 1 0
2018 10.2 6.8 39 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · CA · South Gate

1,496 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 75 employers in South Gate, 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 Town of Fayal 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Crystal 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Wilkesboro Town Hall 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Benton, IL 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Flex 476 FTE
STATE-SIZE SUPERVALU DISTRIBUTION CENTER - COMMERCE 30711 476 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jurupa Valley, CA (Walmart) 432 476 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital 476 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-027 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Gate, CA - 5650 Southern 792 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3180 587 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3180 573 FTE
NAT-TCR ABF Freight 067 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Azalea Gardens Nursing Center 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Eldorado Fire Department 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Allox - Loxley 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pensacola Mill 476 FTE
NAT-SIZE NuScale Power, LLC 476 FTE
NAT-SIZE VA010 Emporia Plywood 476 FTE
NAT-SIZE Old Navy Distribution Center 476 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, 2023, 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.