Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · California

First Transit Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Transit Santa Cruz runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade C.

First Transit Santa Cruz: 4.9 TCR = 108% of Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Transit Santa Cruz safety composite

First Transit Santa Cruz scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Rising injury rate

First Transit Santa Cruz: 0.0 → 9.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2019

First Transit Santa Cruz's TCR rose 9.8 from 0.0 in 2018 to 9.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Santa Cruz, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.9 · 108% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #29/75
  • PHOTO Location 66
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Location 66 (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Transit Santa Cruz in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Transit Santa Cruz averages 4.9 TCR (108% of the Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

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

First Transit Santa Cruz TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=9.8 · BLS 4.5

Where First Transit Santa Cruz falls in its industry

421 Suburban transit systems, mixe establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 75 Suburban transit systems, mixe employers in California.

First Transit Santa Cruz (26 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate First Transit Santa Cruz
First Transit Santa Cruz (26 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

First Transit Santa Cruz has fewer employees than the Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e. median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2019 9.8 4.9 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · CA · Santa Cruz

421 Suburban transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 133 employers in Santa Cruz, 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 Location 66 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2210 BROWN LINE SUPPORT 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Transit South Garage 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-2211 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE HAULING & TRAILER SHOP 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seasholtz Co., LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Valley Vineyards 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Central Coast Vineyards 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Cruz 8,081 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030253 1,732 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health Dominican Hospital 1,652 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030253-253001 DOMINICAN HOSPITAL SANTA CRUZ 1,464 FTE
NAT-TCR 1855-WIMIL5 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wendy's Store #347 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ms - Hpi 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hotel Spa 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1855-FLPEN47 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vermont Roofing Company, Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-679-Williams Sonoma 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-6165-Pottery Barn Kids 26 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.