Bicycles and parts manufacturing · California

Santa Cruz Bicycles

Santa Cruz, CA · ~269 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Santa Cruz Bicycles runs at 218% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bicycles and parts manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Santa Cruz Bicycles: 7.2 TCR = 218% of Bicycles and parts manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Santa Cruz Bicycles safety composite

Santa Cruz Bicycles scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

TCR Δ

−14.8

2019→2022

Santa Cruz Bicycles injury rate improved

Santa Cruz Bicycles's TCR fell 14.8 from 17.1 in 2019 to 2.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=17.1 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336991 · Santa Cruz, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 218% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO Pro Circuit - Wardlow
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~269 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pro Circuit - Wardlow (0.7 TCR gap)

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Santa Cruz Bicycles in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Santa Cruz Bicycles averages 7.2 TCR (218% of the Bicycles and parts manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Santa Cruz Bicycles TCR series: 2019=17.1 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Santa Cruz Bicycles falls in its industry

49 Bicycles and parts manufacturi establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Bicycles and parts manufacturi employers in California.

Santa Cruz Bicycles (269 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 05001,0001,500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Santa Cruz Bicycles
Santa Cruz Bicycles (269 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Santa Cruz Bicycles has more employees than the Bicycles and parts manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2022 2.3 2.3 6 0 0
2021 2.2 1.6 7 0 0
2019 17.1 17.1 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336991 · CA · Santa Cruz

49 Bicycles and parts manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 133 employers in Santa Cruz, 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 Pro Circuit - Wardlow 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mahindra GenZe Fremont 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arcimoto East 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR La Crosse Facility 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 884_2353 269 FTE
STATE-SIZE BAKERSFIELD SERVICE CENTER 269 FTE
STATE-SIZE Infinity Plumbing Designs, Inc 269 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : ONT3 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Cruz 8,081 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030253 1,732 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health Dominican Hospital 1,652 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030253-253001 DOMINICAN HOSPITAL SANTA CRUZ 1,464 FTE
NAT-TCR Statewide Harvesting & Hauling, LLC 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital Inc 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0020-0023-02672 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 350802-Bkn-Blythbourne Sta 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating Company 269 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3495-10D8148 269 FTE
NAT-SIZE L.F. Driscoll 269 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Foods Seattle 269 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: 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.