Natural history museums · California
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego, CA · ~182 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
San Diego Natural History Museum runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Natural history museums workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.1
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 6
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares San Diego Natural History Museum's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.1 to the Natural history museums BLS benchmark of 3.1 (102% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
San Diego Natural History Museum's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.1 industry benchmark.
Where San Diego Natural History Museum falls in its industry
273 Natural history museums establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 29 Natural history museums employers in California.
Trend analysis for San Diego Natural History Museum
Between 2023 and 2024, San Diego Natural History Museum's Total Case Rate worsened from 1.2 to 5.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 312% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 1.2, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 5.1, a spread of 3.8 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, San Diego Natural History Museum recorded 6 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 6 injuries shown on this page for San Diego Natural History Museum are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 712110 - Natural history museums.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 197,338 hours worked = 2.03 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Natural History Museum (this establishment) | 3.15 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Natural science museums industry avg | 3.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 712110 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by San Diego Natural History Museum to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on San Diego Natural History Museum's reported OSHA injury record versus its Natural history museums peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 102% of the Natural history museums benchmark, San Diego Natural History Museum reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Natural history museums sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.