School districts, elementary or secondary · California
Oakland Unified School District
Oakland, CA · ~4,473 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Oakland Unified School District runs at 331% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical School districts, elementary or secondary workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 1.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 259
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Oakland Unified School District's OSHA Total Case Rate of 4.6 to the School districts, elementary or secondary BLS benchmark of 1.4 (331% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Oakland Unified School District's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.4 industry benchmark.
Where Oakland Unified School District falls in its industry
3,671 School districts, elementary o establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 70 School districts, elementary o employers in California.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 259 injuries, 10 illnesses shown on this page for Oakland Unified School District are sourced from its own 2 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 611110 - School districts, elementary or secondary.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
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.
29 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,875 hours worked = 3093.33 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Unified School District (this establishment) | 4.63 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| High schools industry avg | 1.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 611110 |
| 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 Oakland Unified School District 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.
- 2020: 67 reportable incidents · 64 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 202 reportable incidents · 195 injuries, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7146.7 | 3093.3 | 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 195 | 7 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Oakland Unified School District's reported OSHA injury record versus its School districts, elementary or secondary peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 331% of the School districts, elementary or secondary benchmark, Oakland Unified School District reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider School districts, elementary or secondary 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.