Hospitals, general medical and surgical · California

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC)

San Jose, CA · ~6,344 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
10.1
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade D.

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC): 10.1 TCR = 134% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) safety composite

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−2.0

2017→2018

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) injury rate improved

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC)'s TCR fell 2.0 from 11.1 in 2017 to 9.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.1 · 2018=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 10.1 · 134% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #573/662
  • PHOTO Hawarden Regional He…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1,264 inj
  • SIZE ~6,344 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hawarden Regional Healthcare (0.0 TCR gap)

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Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) averages 10.1 TCR (134% 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

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) TCR series: 2017=11.1 · 2018=9 · BLS 7.5

Where Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 7% 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 #573 safest of 662 Hospitals, general medical and employers in California.

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) (6,344 employees, TCR 10.1) 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC)
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) (6,344 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) 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
2018 9.0 2.0 609 2 0
2017 11.1 2.2 655 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · CA · San Jose

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 Hawarden Regional Healthcare 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trinity Health IHA Medical Group Pediatrics Chelsea 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2643-64030371-371001 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CHI Mercy Hospital 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ag Force LLC 6,430 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mission Campus 6,222 FTE
STATE-SIZE UC Irvine Health 6,191 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loma Linda University Medical Center 6,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR B-XI Franklin LLC 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Liberty Residential - 14 Stewart St. 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Perfect Sweep Inc 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Brothers Plumbing, Heating & Electric 10.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of New York Department of Environmental Protection 6,340 FTE
NAT-SIZE System One Corporate Pittsburgh 6,324 FTE
NAT-SIZE Geisinger Medical Center Hospital 6,382 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bellagio llc 6,383 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: 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.