General Medical and Surgical Hospital · California
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital
Solvang, CA · ~115 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 11.9
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Medical and Surgical Hospital workplace, earning a grade D.
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital: 11.9 TCR = 159% of General Medical and Surgical Hospital BLS 7.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital safety composite
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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 11.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 14.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital: 3.5 → 18.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 27.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2024
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital's TCR rose 15.2 from 3.5 in 2018 to 18.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 27.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Solvang, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 11.9 · 159% of ind
- DART 14.9 DART
- RANK #618/662
- PHOTO Sutter Bay Hospitals…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~115 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sutter Bay Hospitals (30391) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital
11.9 TCR
- Sutter Bay Hos
Sutter Bay Hospitals (30391)
11.9 TCR
- Goleta Valley
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital
11.9 TCR
- Kentucky River
Kentucky River Medical Center
11.9 TCR
- South Big Horn
South Big Horn County Hospital District
11.9 TCR
What this shows Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital averages 11.9 TCR (159% of the General Medical and Surgical Hospital BLS benchmark).
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital TCR series: 2018=3.5 · 2019=5 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=27 · 2023=15.3 · 2024=18.7 · BLS 7.5
Where Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General Medical and Surgical H establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #618 safest of 662 General Medical and Surgical H employers in California.
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital has fewer employees than the General Medical and Surgical Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.7 | 14.9 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 27.0 | 25.6 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · CA · Solvang
6,862 General Medical and Surgical Hospital employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 12 employers in Solvang, 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 | Sutter Bay Hospitals (30391) | 11.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital | 11.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kentucky River Medical Center | 11.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | South Big Horn County Hospital District | 11.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Buona Terra Farming | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ROSE & A FLC | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CA-CSBU - Covina | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Visalia Base - Bld: 0080 - 15 | 115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ALISAL PROPERTIES INC | 325 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Solvang Lutheran Home, Inc. | 174 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | El Rancho Marketplace - Solvang | 95 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chumash Hotel No. 1, LLC | 92 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Woodcrest Commons | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Green Guy Recycling | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Professional Airlines Services , Inc. | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nevada St. | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NA-US-CT-Rocky Hill-Brook Street | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | White City EWP - WP | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nowak Construction Co., Inc. | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | San Bernard Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 115 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.