Laboratories, medical (except radiological, X-ray) · California

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories

Santa Barbara, CA · ~337 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Laboratories, medical (except radiological, X-ray) workplace, earning a grade F.

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories: 8.2 TCR = 216% of Laboratories, medical (except radiological, X-ray) BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories safety composite

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories: 6.8 → 16.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 16.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2022

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories's TCR rose 9.9 from 6.8 in 2018 to 16.7 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621511 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 216% of ind

  • DART 12.3 DART
  • RANK #18/22
  • PHOTO Cardinal Health Rose…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 66 inj
  • SIZE ~337 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cardinal Health Roseville NPHS (0.2 TCR gap)

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Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories averages 8.2 TCR (216% of the Laboratories, medical (except radiological, X-ray) BLS benchmark).

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

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories TCR series: 2018=6.8 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=16.7 · BLS 3.8

Where Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories falls in its industry

162 Laboratories, medical (except establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 22 Laboratories, medical (except employers in California.

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories (337 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories
Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories (337 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories has more employees than the Laboratories, medical (except radiologic median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2022 16.7 12.3 16 26 0
2021 8.3 5.4 14 9 0
2020 4.1 3.0 7 4 0
2019 5.1 0.8 13 0 0
2018 6.8 2.6 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621511 · CA · Santa Barbara

162 Laboratories, medical (except radiological, X-ray) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, 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 Cardinal Health Roseville NPHS 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MultiCare labs 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Collaborative Labratory Services 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Symphony Diagnostic Birmingham 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE KG Berry Farms LLC 337 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grimmius Cattle Company, Inc. - East Ranch 337 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Labor Contracting Service 337 FTE
STATE-SIZE WESTSIDE AG ll, INC 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Barbara 10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 3,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Barbara 1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Green Santa Barbara 674 FTE
NAT-TCR Gainesboro Operating - 2293 Skelton Rd. Gainesville 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR G&J Pepsi- Zanesville 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4795-AA-BDL-HARTFORD-BDL-TRML 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Safe Zone Services 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway, LLC - Houston - Laporte Branch 337 FTE
NAT-SIZE 335099-Customer Care Center - Nj 337 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chevron Pascagoula Refinery Pascagoula MS- BSL 337 FTE
NAT-SIZE Armstrong World Industries 337 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.