Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) · California

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427)

Santa Cruz, CA · ~87 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427) runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) workplace, earning a grade C.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427): 3.5 TCR = 92% of Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427) safety composite

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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 (378-40427): 3.2 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427)'s TCR rose 0.6 from 3.2 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621111 · Santa Cruz, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 92% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #154/387
  • PHOTO Brainerd Clinic
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brainerd Clinic (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427) averages 3.5 TCR (92% 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 (378-40427) TCR series: 2017=3.2 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.8 · BLS 3.8

Where Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427) falls in its industry

2,836 Offices of Physicians (except establishments

Safer than 44% 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 #154 safest of 387 Offices of Physicians (except employers in California.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427) (87 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 (378-40427)
Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427) (87 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427) has more 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 3.8 0.0 1 1 0
2020 3.5 1.8 1 1 0
2019 5.2 3.4 3 0 0
2018 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2017 3.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621111 · CA · Santa Cruz

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 · 133 employers in Santa Cruz, 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 Brainerd Clinic 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Twin Cities Orthopedics - Robbinsdale 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0026 ST PAUL HEALTH CTR WOMEN UAC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mercy Hlth Ctr Tuscarawas 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Martinelli Vineyard Management, Inc 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE farming 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE A. SAMBADO & SON INC 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Agromillora California 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Cruz 8,081 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030253 1,732 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health Dominican Hospital 1,652 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030253-253001 DOMINICAN HOSPITAL SANTA CRUZ 1,464 FTE
NAT-TCR 7851-Enphg-Valparaiso University 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Coleraine 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Binson's Medical Equipment and Supplies 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR EPC- Elkhart 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vivolac Office 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Textron Aviation - CSC New York 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kanthal Bethel 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hartson-Kennedy Cabinet Top Company, Inc. 87 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.