General Medical and Surgical Hospitals · California
Cottage Health
Santa Barbara, CA · ~618 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cottage Health runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General Medical and Surgical Hospitals workplace, earning a grade A.
Cottage Health: 2.9 TCR = 38% of General Medical and Surgical Hospitals BLS 7.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cottage Health safety composite
Cottage Health scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Cottage Health: 1.9 → 4.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.54× in 2024
Cottage Health's TCR rose 2.7 from 1.9 in 2018 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Santa Barbara, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 2.9 · 38% of ind
- DART 4.4 DART
- RANK #81/662
- PHOTO Mosaic Medical Cente…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 39 inj
- SIZE ~618 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mosaic Medical Center- Albany (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cottage Health in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Cottage Health
2.9 TCR
- Mosaic Medical
Mosaic Medical Center- Albany
2.9 TCR
- Pleasant Valle
Pleasant Valley Hospital
2.9 TCR
- Holy Cross Med
Holy Cross Medical Group
2.9 TCR
- 9292-AHPL004 -
9292-AHPL004 - AHMG CLACKAMAS
2.9 TCR
What this shows Cottage Health averages 2.9 TCR (38% of the General Medical and Surgical Hospitals BLS benchmark).
Cottage Health TCR series: 2018=1.9 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 7.5
Where Cottage Health falls in its industry
6,862 General Medical and Surgical H establishmentsSafer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #81 safest of 662 General Medical and Surgical H employers in California.
Cottage Health has more employees than the General Medical and Surgical Hospitals median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · CA · Santa Barbara
6,862 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 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 | Mosaic Medical Center- Albany | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pleasant Valley Hospital | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Holy Cross Medical Group | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 9292-AHPL004 - AHMG CLACKAMAS | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Salida | 618 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Advanced Bionics Valencia | 618 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Contra Costa Electric, Inc. | 619 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2032-02120118 | 617 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 | Wando Welch Terminal | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ideal Industries, Inc. -Old Sycamore Building | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Otter Products - Frederick Distribution Center | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MRC Global -050 North Brunswick, NJ | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Rockford Park District | 618 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stucture Tone, LLC | 618 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - VGT5 | 618 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CV East LLC - CVE | 618 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.