General Medical and Surgical Hospital · California
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara, CA · ~3,298 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital runs at 344% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General Medical and Surgical Hospital workplace, earning a grade F.
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital: 13.1 TCR = 344% of General Medical and Surgical Hospital BLS 3.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital safety composite
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 13.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital: 7.9 → 14.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 26.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2024
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital's TCR rose 7.0 from 7.9 in 2018 to 14.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 26.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621999 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade F · TCR 13.1 · 344% of ind
- DART 12.3 DART
- RANK #108/116
- PHOTO 5097 - GA Gwinnett C…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 1,010 inj
- SIZE ~3,298 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 5097 - GA Gwinnett County (0.1 TCR gap)
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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 5097 - GA Gwin
5097 - GA Gwinnett County
13.2 TCR
- At Home Medica
At Home Medical - South Hackensack
13.2 TCR
- This site
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
13.1 TCR
- Froedtert Plea
Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital
13 TCR
- Physician Corr
Physician Correctional (Complejo Correccional Guerrero)
13 TCR
What this shows Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital averages 13.1 TCR (344% of the General Medical and Surgical Hospital BLS benchmark).
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital TCR series: 2018=7.9 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=10 · 2021=11.6 · 2022=26.1 · 2023=13.4 · 2024=14.8 · BLS 3.8
Where Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital falls in its industry
461 General Medical and Surgical H establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #108 safest of 116 General Medical and Surgical H employers in California.
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has more employees than the General Medical and Surgical Hospital median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.8 | 12.3 | 142 | 202 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13.4 | 11.5 | 143 | 154 | 0 |
| 2022 | 26.1 | 23.2 | 148 | 365 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.6 | 8.7 | 156 | 95 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 128 | 82 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 148 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 145 | 4 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621999 · CA · Santa Barbara
461 General Medical and Surgical Hospital employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, 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 | 5097 - GA Gwinnett County | 13.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | At Home Medical - South Hackensack | 13.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital | 13.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Physician Correctional (Complejo Correccional Guerrero) | 13.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SEA | 3,297 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Prime Ag Services Inc. | 3,283 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CA011 | 3,282 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Grossmont Hospital | 3,275 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UC Santa Barbara | 10,779 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Santa Barbara | 1,587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Big Green Santa Barbara | 674 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cottage Health | 618 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 103 Arizona Transportation | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Public Works | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ashley House EW-6 | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dawson Farms | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Universal Plant Service, Inc. | 3,297 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center | 3,300 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | WI-Green Bay-CSBC | 3,296 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1855-MIDET268 | 3,295 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.