OC Sheriff`s Department · California

OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport

Santa Ana, CA · ~85 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical OC Sheriff`s Department workplace, earning a grade F.

OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport: 6.5 TCR = 203% of OC Sheriff`s Department BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport safety composite

OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 6.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport: 6.5 → 6024.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6024.1 TCR · DART/TCR 743.72× in 2020

OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport's TCR rose 6017.6 from 6.5 in 2018 to 6024.1 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 743.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922120 · Santa Ana, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 203% of ind

  • DART 4819.3 DART
  • RANK #16/97
  • PHOTO Niles Police Departm…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Niles Police Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport averages 6.5 TCR (203% of the OC Sheriff`s Department BLS benchmark).

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

OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport TCR series: 2018=6.5 · 2020=6024.1 · BLS 3.2

Where OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport falls in its industry

716 OC Sheriff`s Department establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 97 OC Sheriff`s Department employers in California.

OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport (85 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5 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 0200400600 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport
OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport (85 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5

OCSD Airport Operations - John Wayne Airport has fewer employees than the OC Sheriff`s Department median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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
2020 6024.1 4819.3 5 0 0
2018 6.5 5.2 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922120 · CA · Santa Ana

716 OC Sheriff`s Department employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 492 employers in Santa Ana, 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 Niles Police Department 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sheriff's Office Patrol and Administration 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Police Department 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Police 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gallo Vineyards, Inc. 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roche Brothers Inc. 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Village Nurseries Pauma Valley Yard 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunlet Nursery, Inc. 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Think Together 2,496 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Ana 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orange County/Los Angeles 1,072 FTE
CITY-NEAR 056937-SANTA ANA CA P&DC 920 FTE
NAT-TCR 1969-MMC1 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairland Center 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 569 Nampa, Id 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1027 Buford, Ga 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Brunswick at Attleboro 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blue Ridge of Sumter LLC 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lane City Sod Farm 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE NurseCore of Amarillo 85 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: 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.