Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) · California

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540)

Name: Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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San Mateo, CA · ~18 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.6
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540) runs at 226% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) workplace, earning a grade F.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540): 8.6 TCR = 226% of Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540) safety composite

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540) 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).

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.8 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 (378-50540): 0.0 → 8.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 26.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2021

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540)'s TCR rose 8.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 8.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 26.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621111 · San Mateo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 226% of ind

DART 8.8 DART
RANK #336/387
PHOTO Sutter Valley Medica…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sutter Valley Medical Foundation (30523) (0.0 TCR gap)

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University Hea

8.7
This site

8.6
Sutter Valley

8.6
Medical Founda

8.6
Sharp Rees-Ste

8.6

What this shows Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540) averages 8.6 TCR (226% of the Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) BLS benchmark).

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540) TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=26.6 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=8.8 · BLS 3.8

Where Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540) falls in its industry

2,836 Offices of Physicians (except establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #336 safest of 387 Offices of Physicians (except employers in California.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540) (18 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-50540) 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
2021	8.8	8.8	1	0
2020	7.6	0.0	1	0
2019	26.6	26.6	0	3
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621111 · CA · San Mateo

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 · 94 employers in San Mateo, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Sutter Valley Medical Foundation (30523)	TURLOCK, CA	8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Medical Foundation Inc.	MERIDIAN, MS	8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sharp Rees-Stealy-SM	SAN DIEGO, CA	8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	University Health Center of Pgh	PITTSBURGH, PA	8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Henry Hibino Farms LLC	SALINAS	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BATAVIA, INC.	DIXON	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gold Coast Farms	SANTA MARIA	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HM.CLAUSE Davis East Research Station	DAVIS	18 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 132	San Mateo	2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SIE - San Mateo	San Mateo	1,552 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IXL Learning Inc.	San Mateo	888 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IXL Learning Inc. - San Mateo	San Mateo	491 FTE
NAT-TCR	B&W Quality Growers - Main Office	Fellsmere, FL	8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Paris Save A Lot	Champaign, IL	8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Johnson Tractor Rochelle	Rochelle, IL	8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	1103 - Bucks County Pa Whse	Warminster, PA	8.6 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.