Automobile dealers, new only or new and used · California

Galpin Volkswagen

North Hills, CA · ~51 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Galpin Volkswagen runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile dealers, new only or new and used workplace, earning a grade D.

Galpin Volkswagen: 4.5 TCR = 132% of Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Galpin Volkswagen safety composite

Galpin Volkswagen scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Galpin Volkswagen: 0.0 → 9.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2018

Galpin Volkswagen's TCR rose 9.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 9.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441110 · North Hills, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 132% of ind

  • DART 9.0 DART
  • RANK #186/301
  • PHOTO Roberson Albany Ford
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Roberson Albany Ford (0.0 TCR gap)

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Galpin Volkswagen in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Galpin Volkswagen averages 4.5 TCR (132% of the Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS benchmark).

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

Galpin Volkswagen TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=9 · BLS 3.4

Where Galpin Volkswagen falls in its industry

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only o establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #186 safest of 301 Automobile dealers, new only o employers in California.

Galpin Volkswagen (51 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Galpin Volkswagen
Galpin Volkswagen (51 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Galpin Volkswagen has fewer employees than the Automobile dealers, new only or new and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2018 9.0 9.0 4 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441110 · CA · North Hills

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only or new and used employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 21 employers in North Hills, 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 Roberson Albany Ford 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR TLG-Charlotte 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR L507 - Roseville Toyota 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR HADDAD DODGE-KIA 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Robert Young Vineyards 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE H&W Vineyards 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huber Farms Inc 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor Brothers Farms Inc 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ford Bldg 357 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Horizons: Serving Individuals With Special Needs 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 16633 SCHOENBORN ST 255 FTE
CITY-NEAR 913430000 218 FTE
NAT-TCR UGN-Valparaiso 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyster-Yale Sulligent Plant 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn - Secaucus 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Darling Ingredients 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE # 1 Cochran Subaru of Monroeville 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Luna Gourmet Coffee and Tea Co 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fred Williams, Inc. 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Concrete/Chantilly Plant 51 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.