Natural Gas Distribution Srv. · California

Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15

Santa Barbara, CA · ~43 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution Srv. workplace, earning a grade F.

Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15: 2.6 TCR = 216% of Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 safety composite

Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 held a steady TCR band

Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.4 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.4 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.6 · 216% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #37/125
  • PHOTO EPCOR Texas Natural …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EPCOR Texas Natural Gas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 averages 2.6 TCR (216% of the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS benchmark).

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

Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 TCR series: 2019=2.4 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 125 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers in California.

Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 (43 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15
Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 (43 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Sta Barbara Base - Bld: 0737 - 15 has fewer employees than the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2023 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.6 5.6 2 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 2.4 2.4 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · CA · Santa Barbara

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. 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 EPCOR Texas Natural Gas 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Pedro Base - Bld: 0398 - 15 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Des Moines Two Rivers Gas 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR UGI Southpoint 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Robert & Sandra Garcia Farming Partnership 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARVIN ADMINISTRATION 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donald W Beeman 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE KG Vineyard Management, LLC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Barbara 10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 3,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Barbara 1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Green Santa Barbara 674 FTE
NAT-TCR Hendrick Regional Bloodbank 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR City Hall 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hunter Trees 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sustainable Exhibits Management Group Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE United Glass & Panel Systems, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sterling Management Corp. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE SKJ Facilities Management, Inc 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Subaru of Morgantown 43 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.