Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · California
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division
San Jose, CA · ~493 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division runs at 369% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division's OSHA Total Case Rate of 16.6 to the Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark of 4.5 (369% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division falls in its industry
452 Transit systems, mixed mode (e establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #76 safest of 78 Transit systems, mixed mode (e employers in California.
Trend analysis for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division
Between 2019 and 2023, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division's Total Case Rate improved from 17.8 to 15.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 12% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 10.5, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 22.4, a spread of 11.9 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 4 reporting years, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division recorded 325 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-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 325 injuries, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division are sourced from its own 4 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 485111 - Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
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.
59 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,054,560 hours worked = 11.19 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division (this establishment) | 16.62 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 485111 |
| 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 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division 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.
- 2023: 84 reportable incidents · 83 injuries, 0 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 116 reportable incidents · 116 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 54 reportable incidents · 54 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 72 reportable incidents · 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.7 | 11.2 | 83 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 22.4 | 9.8 | 116 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.5 | 6.2 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17.8 | 11.4 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division's reported OSHA injury record versus its Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 369% of the Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) benchmark, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - Chaboya Division reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) 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.