Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) · California

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187)

Los Altos, CA · ~16 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187) runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) workplace, earning a grade D.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187): 5.2 TCR = 136% of Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187) safety composite

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187): 0.0 → 16.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 16.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.55× in 2021

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187)'s TCR rose 16.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 16.0 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621111 · Los Altos, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 136% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #239/387
  • PHOTO FV Clinics-Elk River
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FV Clinics-Elk River (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187) averages 5.2 TCR (136% of the Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) BLS benchmark).

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

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187) TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=9.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=16 · BLS 3.8

Where Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187) falls in its industry

2,836 Offices of Physicians (except establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #239 safest of 387 Offices of Physicians (except employers in California.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187) (16 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187)
Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187) (16 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10187) has fewer employees than the Offices of Physicians (except Mental Hea median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2021 16.0 8.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 9.8 9.8 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621111 · CA · Los Altos

2,836 Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 28 employers in Los Altos, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR FV Clinics-Elk River 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR KVH Family Medicine 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blount Memorial Physician's Group 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR JCPA- CONVENIENT CARE, MRI AND ENDOSCOPY 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE CANAL RANCH FARMS, INC. 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE ESPINOZA FLC 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAM G LABOR CONTRACTING 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE VF - Santa Maria 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Altos Sub-acute and Rehabilitation Center 243 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10155 Los Altos 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Altos Golf & Country Club 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Bay Medical Foundation (30902) 142 FTE
NAT-TCR Raulli and Sons 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CSR Princess Street 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dystar LP Reidsville Plant 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Milton C. Beebe & Sons, Inc. 5.2 TCR

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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.