General Medical and Surgical Hospital · California
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara, CA · ~348 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 10.6
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Medical and Surgical Hospital workplace, earning a grade D.
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital: 10.6 TCR = 142% of General Medical and Surgical Hospital BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital safety composite
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital: 8.4 → 12.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 12.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2024
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital's TCR rose 4.5 from 8.4 in 2023 to 12.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 10.6 · 142% of ind
- DART 10.9 DART
- RANK #588/662
- PHOTO Houston Methodist Ho…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 33 inj
- SIZE ~348 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Houston Methodist Hospital - Texas Medical Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital
10.6 TCR
- Houston Method
Houston Methodist Hospital - Texas Medical Center
10.6 TCR
- 9292-AHTM001 -
9292-AHTM001 - HOSPITAL
10.6 TCR
- Clifton Fine H
Clifton Fine Health Care Corporation
10.6 TCR
- Carilion Clini
Carilion Clinic Tazewell Community Hospital Co. 09
10.6 TCR
What this shows Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital averages 10.6 TCR (142% of the General Medical and Surgical Hospital BLS benchmark).
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital TCR series: 2023=8.4 · 2024=12.9 · BLS 7.5
Where Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General Medical and Surgical H establishmentsSafer than 6% 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 #588 safest of 662 General Medical and Surgical H employers in California.
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital has fewer employees than the General Medical and Surgical Hospital median and a higher 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 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 20 | 13 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · CA · Santa Barbara
6,862 General Medical and Surgical Hospital 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 | Houston Methodist Hospital - Texas Medical Center | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 9292-AHTM001 - HOSPITAL | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Clifton Fine Health Care Corporation | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carilion Clinic Tazewell Community Hospital Co. 09 | 10.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Roebbelen Contracting Inc | 348 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MGE Underground, Inc. | 348 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Camblin Steel Service, Inc. | 348 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fresno Plumbing & Heating Inc. | 348 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 | Shore Point Distributing Co., Inc. | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dekalb | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | XIY | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fire Department | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CCA Midwest, Inc. | 348 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | National FL - 0804 | 348 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shoreview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 348 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TCCo-KCI | 348 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.