Hospitals, general medical and surgical · California

Palomar Medical Center Escondido

Escondido, CA · ~3,031 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palomar Medical Center Escondido runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade B.

Palomar Medical Center Escondido: 5.8 TCR = 77% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palomar Medical Center Escondido safety composite

Palomar Medical Center Escondido scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.3

2022→2023

Palomar Medical Center Escondido injury rate improved

Palomar Medical Center Escondido's TCR fell 2.3 from 6.9 in 2022 to 4.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.9 · 2023=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Escondido, CA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 5.8 · 77% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #233/662
  • PHOTO Bear River Valley Ho…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 221 inj
  • SIZE ~3,031 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bear River Valley Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palomar Medical Center Escondido in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palomar Medical Center Escondido averages 5.8 TCR (77% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

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

Palomar Medical Center Escondido TCR series: 2022=6.9 · 2023=4.7 · BLS 7.5

Where Palomar Medical Center Escondido falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #233 safest of 662 Hospitals, general medical and employers in California.

Palomar Medical Center Escondido (3,031 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 02,0004,0006,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Palomar Medical Center Escondido
Palomar Medical Center Escondido (3,031 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Palomar Medical Center Escondido has more employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2023 4.7 2.9 103 2 0
2022 6.9 5.3 118 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · CA · Escondido

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 244 employers in Escondido, 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 Bear River Valley Hospital 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grandview Hosptial 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas Health Denton 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Howard County General Hospital 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skechers 3,027 FTE
STATE-SIZE Janitorial 3,026 FTE
STATE-SIZE 08880002 LOS ANGELES MEDICAL CENTER 3,024 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sharp Memorial Hospital 3,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA Escondido 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Escondido CA 1,546 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bergelectric Corp. CA 1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 491 1,203 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Chandler Ray Road 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Summerwinds West Bell 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MV-NC-MOCKSVILLE 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR LP Coshocton, LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Juno Beach Office 3,032 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6354-FL20 3,030 FTE
NAT-SIZE BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
NAT-SIZE OK005 3,027 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.