OC Sheriff's Department · California

OCSD Central Jail Complex

Santa Ana, CA · ~218 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.7
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

OCSD Central Jail Complex runs at 521% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical OC Sheriff's Department workplace, earning a grade F.

OCSD Central Jail Complex: 16.7 TCR = 521% of OC Sheriff's Department BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

OCSD Central Jail Complex safety composite

OCSD Central Jail Complex scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−2.7

2018→2024

OCSD Central Jail Complex injury rate improved

OCSD Central Jail Complex's TCR fell 2.7 from 6.0 in 2018 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 30.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.0 · 2020=27.1 · 2021=30.3 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Santa Ana, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 16.7 · 521% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #54/73
  • PHOTO Ventura Youth Correc…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~218 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (0.1 TCR gap)

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OCSD Central Jail Complex in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows OCSD Central Jail Complex averages 16.7 TCR (521% 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 Central Jail Complex TCR series: 2018=6 · 2020=27.1 · 2021=30.3 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.2

Where OCSD Central Jail Complex falls in its industry

482 OC Sheriff's Department establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 73 OC Sheriff's Department employers in California.

OCSD Central Jail Complex (218 employees, TCR 16.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate OCSD Central Jail Complex
OCSD Central Jail Complex (218 employees, TCR 16.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

OCSD Central Jail Complex has fewer employees than the OC Sheriff's Department median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2024 3.3 2.5 8 1 0
2021 30.3 29.5 13 63 0
2020 27.1 26.7 12 54 0
2018 6.0 6.0 12 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · CA · Santa Ana

482 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 Ventura Youth Correctional Facility 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Department of Corrections 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS 16.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orange County - Sheriff's Office - Detention Center 16.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE farm labor 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tos Farms Inc., Tos Farming Co., Tos Land Co., Inc. 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE VCI:VC000 - VC000-VCI Construction, Inc. 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lonestar Construction 218 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 282 Cumming 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR C1791 Waterbury 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartford Iron & Metal 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Western Buildings 16.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Yellowfin Yachts 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE kordsa chattanooga 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baptist Health Deaconess Medical Group 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Forum at Knightsbridge 218 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, 2021, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.