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.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 7.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 39
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Cottage Health's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024).
Injury rate over time
Cottage Health's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 7.5 industry benchmark.
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 622110.
Cottage Health has an average TCR of 2.9, which is 38% of the industry average (7.5) for General Medical and Surgical Hospitals. This is significantly better than average.
Safety Insights for Cottage Health
Cottage Health operates an establishment with approximately 618 full-time equivalent workers in SANTA BARBARA, CA, classified under the General Medical and Surgical Hospitals industry (NAICS 622110). Across 7 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 39 recordable injuries, 56 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.9 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the A letter grade (Excellent Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 7.5 for General Medical and Surgical Hospitals, Cottage Health's workforce experiences 38% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 7 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Cottage Health as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Cottage Health's own 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 622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
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.
24 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,086,826 hours worked = 4.42 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cottage Health (this establishment) | 2.87 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| Hospitals, general medical and surgical industry avg | 7.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 622110 |
| 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 Cottage Health 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: 25 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 20 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 12 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 6 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 22 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 19 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 10 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 12 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 6 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 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 | 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 |
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