Psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent) · California

Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero

Atascadero, CA · ~1,973 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.8
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero runs at 417% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent) workplace, earning a grade F.

Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero: 15.8 TCR = 417% of Psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent) BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero safety composite

Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

4/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 20.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero: 10.2 → 23.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 23.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2021

Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero's TCR rose 13.1 from 10.2 in 2018 to 23.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622210 · Atascadero, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 15.8 · 417% of ind

  • DART 20.7 DART
  • RANK #70/79
  • PHOTO Conway Behavioral He…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 437 inj
  • SIZE ~1,973 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Conway Behavioral Health (0.1 TCR gap)

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Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero averages 15.8 TCR (417% of the Psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent) BLS benchmark).

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

Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero TCR series: 2018=10.2 · 2020=14 · 2021=23.3 · BLS 3.8

Where Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero falls in its industry

872 Psychiatric hospitals (except establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 79 Psychiatric hospitals (except employers in California.

Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero (1,973 employees, TCR 15.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 6.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero
Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero (1,973 employees, TCR 15.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 6.7

Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero has more employees than the Psychiatric hospitals (except convalesce median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.7. 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
2021 23.3 20.7 125 199 1
2020 14.0 12.4 134 152 0
2018 10.2 7.3 178 32 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622210 · CA · Atascadero

872 Psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 42 employers in Atascadero, 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 Conway Behavioral Health 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specialty Care 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL 15.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rochester Community Behavioral Health Hospital 16.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6403-64030324 1,970 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2004-00001480 1,970 FTE
STATE-SIZE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HOSPITALS - COALINGA 1,969 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jett Harvest Inc 1,978 FTE
CITY-NEAR DSH-Atascadero 1,879 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rokstad Power Inc. 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR SWY-0029-0029-02314 FAC-02314-ATASCADERO-CA 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2050-20500002-912 118 FTE
NAT-TCR 230430-Bal-Windsor Mill Br 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Caris Healthcare-Knoxville, Tn 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Roanoke VA 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 313200-Gardnerville Po 15.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lauberge Casino Resort 1,973 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Hanover County Government 1,974 FTE
NAT-SIZE CORP-System Wide 1,974 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Bernards Hospital 1,975 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: 2021, 2020, 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.