Hospitals, substance abuse · California

Metropolitan State Hospital

Norwalk, CA · ~1,782 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
38.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metropolitan State Hospital runs at 1001% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, substance abuse workplace, earning a grade F.

Metropolitan State Hospital: 38.0 TCR = 1001% of Hospitals, substance abuse BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metropolitan State Hospital safety composite

Metropolitan State Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 38.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 20.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Metropolitan State Hospital: 69.2 → 289.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 289.9 TCR · DART/TCR 4.49× in 2024

Metropolitan State Hospital's TCR rose 220.7 from 69.2 in 2022 to 289.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 4.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622210 · Norwalk, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 38.0 · 1001% of ind

  • DART 170.7 DART
  • RANK #79/79
  • PHOTO Princeton Plaza
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 744 inj
  • SIZE ~1,782 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Princeton Plaza (8.1 TCR gap)

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Metropolitan State Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metropolitan State Hospital averages 38.0 TCR (1001% of the Hospitals, substance abuse BLS benchmark).

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

Metropolitan State Hospital TCR series: 2022=69.2 · 2023=38 · 2024=289.9 · BLS 3.8

Where Metropolitan State Hospital falls in its industry

872 Hospitals, substance abuse establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #79 safest of 79 Hospitals, substance abuse employers in California.

Metropolitan State Hospital (1,782 employees, TCR 38.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 6.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Metropolitan State Hospital
Metropolitan State Hospital (1,782 employees, TCR 38.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 6.7

Metropolitan State Hospital has more employees than the Hospitals, substance abuse median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.7. 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 289.9 170.7 282 158 0
2023 38.0 20.6 239 284 0
2022 69.2 38.2 223 949 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622210 · CA · Norwalk

872 Hospitals, substance abuse employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 67 employers in Norwalk, 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 Princeton Plaza 30.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kassab Plaza 29.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Services 27.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR KidsPeace Hospital 27.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Glorious Ag Services Inc. 1,784 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2032-02122401 1,788 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 1,776 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mercy Medical Center Redding 1,789 FTE
CITY-NEAR Department of State Hospitals 1,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder County Clerk 1,302 FTE
CITY-NEAR MEC Manufacturing LLC Norwalk 1,255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk 1,144 FTE
NAT-TCR Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 048 Juvenile Detention Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper Moving Systems 30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Optum Services Puerto Rico LLC 1,782 FTE
NAT-SIZE G1 1,782 FTE
NAT-SIZE CCS 1,781 FTE
NAT-SIZE Swift Pork 1,781 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, 2022. 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.