Animal shelters · California

San Diego Humane Society & Spca

San Diego, CA · ~550 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.9
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

San Diego Humane Society & Spca runs at 1043% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal shelters workplace, earning a grade F.

San Diego Humane Society & Spca: 21.9 TCR = 1043% of Animal shelters BLS 2.1 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

San Diego Humane Society & Spca safety composite

San Diego Humane Society & Spca scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

San Diego Humane Society & Spca: 14.6 → 26.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 31.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.39× in 2023

San Diego Humane Society & Spca's TCR rose 11.4 from 14.6 in 2017 to 26.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 31.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812910 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 21.9 · 1043% of ind

  • DART 8.4 DART
  • RANK #19/21
  • PHOTO Animal Care and Regu…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 673 inj
  • SIZE ~550 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Animal Care and Regulation (0.6 TCR gap)

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San Diego Humane Society & Spca in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows San Diego Humane Society & Spca averages 21.9 TCR (1043% of the Animal shelters BLS benchmark).

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

San Diego Humane Society & Spca TCR series: 2017=14.6 · 2018=20.1 · 2019=27.6 · 2020=15.8 · 2021=18.1 · 2022=31.2 · 2023=26 · BLS 2.1

Where San Diego Humane Society & Spca falls in its industry

65 Animal shelters establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 15.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 21 Animal shelters employers in California.

San Diego Humane Society & Spca (550 employees, TCR 21.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8 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 0200400600 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate San Diego Humane Society & Spca
San Diego Humane Society & Spca (550 employees, TCR 21.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8

San Diego Humane Society & Spca has more employees than the Animal shelters median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 15.8. 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 26.0 8.4 143 14 0
2022 31.2 10.6 125 25 0
2021 18.1 6.1 79 4 0
2020 15.8 3.2 69 6 0
2019 27.6 6.8 142 0 0
2018 20.1 6.4 78 0 0
2017 14.6 2.9 37 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812910 · CA · San Diego

65 Animal shelters employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, 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 Animal Care and Regulation 22.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kentucky Humane Society Animal Rescue Inc. 21.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Resort for Pets 22.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Canine Crews 20.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elkhorn Berry Farms LLC 550 FTE
STATE-SIZE Air Systems Corporation (ASI) 550 FTE
STATE-SIZE Best Deal Food Company 550 FTE
STATE-SIZE Educational Employees Credit Union 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR 4769-626-Williams Sonoma 21.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Baystate Delivery Inc 21.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Airport Shoppes 21.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HomePlace Special Care at Oak Harbor 21.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ceres Plant 550 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hermiston or 550 FTE
NAT-SIZE SEGLC 550 FTE
NAT-SIZE Service Coordination Inc 550 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, 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.