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
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.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 38.0
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 744
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Metropolitan State Hospital's OSHA Total Case Rate of 38.0 to the Hospitals, substance abuse BLS benchmark of 3.8 (1001% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Metropolitan State Hospital's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.8 industry benchmark.
Where Metropolitan State Hospital falls in its industry
937 Hospitals, substance abuse establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #84 safest of 84 Hospitals, substance abuse employers in California.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 744 injuries, 1,391 illnesses shown on this page for Metropolitan State Hospital are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 622210 - Hospitals, substance abuse.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
259 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 303,538 hours worked = 170.65 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan State Hospital (this establishment) | 38.04 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Mental health hospitals industry avg | 3.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 622210 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Metropolitan State Hospital to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 440 reportable incidents · 282 injuries, 158 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 523 reportable incidents · 239 injuries, 284 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 1,172 reportable incidents · 223 injuries, 949 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Metropolitan State Hospital's reported OSHA injury record versus its Hospitals, substance abuse peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 1001% of the Hospitals, substance abuse benchmark, Metropolitan State Hospital reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Hospitals, substance abuse sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.