Observatories, research institutions · California

Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA

Goleta, CA · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Observatories, research institutions workplace, earning a grade C.

Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Observatories, research institutions BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA safety composite

Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA held a steady TCR band

Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.0 TCR.

2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Goleta, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/32
  • PHOTO Syngenta Greensboro
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Syngenta Greensboro (0.0 TCR gap)

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Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Observatories, research institutions BLS benchmark).

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

Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA falls in its industry

319 Observatories, research instit establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 32 Observatories, research instit employers in California.

Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA (36 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA
Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA (36 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Las Cumbres Observatory - Goleta, CA has fewer employees than the Observatories, research institutions median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · CA · Goleta

319 Observatories, research institutions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 98 employers in Goleta, 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 Syngenta Greensboro 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ExxonMobil Chemical Company Baytown Technology & Engineering Complex 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waymo HQ 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chamblee Campus 0.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE River Garden Farms 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knight Farms 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.H. MEEK & SONS INC. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dirt Farmer and Company 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Goleta_CA_RVS 843 FTE
CITY-NEAR Teledyne FLIR, Goleta 555 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Goleta_CA_EW 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Apeel Technology, Inc. 375 FTE
NAT-TCR 2000 St James Place 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pegasus Painting & Waterproofing LLC. 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bilow Farms, LLC 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Shore Electric Corp 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Matsuura Machinery USA Inc 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Signet Shipbuilding & Repair 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Messco Building Supply, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Douglasville GA 36 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: 2024, 2023. 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.