Gardens, zoological or botanical · California

Living Coast Discovery Center

Chula Vista, CA · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Living Coast Discovery Center runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Gardens, zoological or botanical workplace, earning a grade B.

Living Coast Discovery Center: 2.3 TCR = 75% of Gardens, zoological or botanical BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Living Coast Discovery Center safety composite

Living Coast Discovery Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 2.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.7

2017→2018

Living Coast Discovery Center injury rate improved

Living Coast Discovery Center's TCR fell 4.7 from 4.7 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.7 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Chula Vista, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/11
  • PHOTO Niagara Aquarium Fou…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Niagara Aquarium Foundation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Living Coast Discovery Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Living Coast Discovery Center averages 2.3 TCR (75% of the Gardens, zoological or botanical BLS benchmark).

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

Living Coast Discovery Center TCR series: 2017=4.7 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.1

Where Living Coast Discovery Center falls in its industry

174 Gardens, zoological or botanic establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 11 Gardens, zoological or botanic employers in California.

Living Coast Discovery Center (37 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Living Coast Discovery Center
Living Coast Discovery Center (37 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Living Coast Discovery Center has fewer employees than the Gardens, zoological or botanical median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.7 4.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · CA · Chula Vista

174 Gardens, zoological or botanical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 219 employers in Chula Vista, 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 Niagara Aquarium Foundation 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Worth Botanic Garden 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR St Louis Aquarium at Union Station 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foster Botanical Gardens 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KP Spraying LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAN - 01 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kimberlina Shop 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chula Vista Medical Center - 751 Medical Center Court 2,422 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sharp Chula Vista Medical Ctr 2,094 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rohr Inc a UTC Aerospace Systems Company 1,957 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rohr, Inc. (Chula Vista CA) 1,457 FTE
NAT-TCR ITT Novi 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale North Chandler 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 3326 Family Fresh Market (Farmington Mn) 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 281 West Netherwood Street 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lake Havasu (Azlak) 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Savannah (Gasna) 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ludington (Milud) 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Snow Peak Area 37 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.