Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · California

Station 1: Gothard

Huntington Beach, CA · ~37 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Station 1: Gothard runs at 713% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade F.

Station 1: Gothard: 22.8 TCR = 713% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Station 1: Gothard safety composite

Station 1: Gothard scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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)
F 22.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−17.4

2017→2024

Station 1: Gothard injury rate improved

Station 1: Gothard's TCR fell 17.4 from 28.6 in 2017 to 11.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 34.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=28.6 · 2018=34.0 · 2022=25.1 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=11.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Huntington Beach, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 22.8 · 713% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #69/87
  • PHOTO SOUTHERN REGION : MVU
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SOUTHERN REGION : MVU (0.0 TCR gap)

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Station 1: Gothard in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Station 1: Gothard averages 22.8 TCR (713% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

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

Station 1: Gothard TCR series: 2017=28.6 · 2018=34 · 2022=25.1 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=11.2 · BLS 3.2

Where Station 1: Gothard falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 87 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in California.

Station 1: Gothard (37 employees, TCR 22.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Station 1: Gothard
Station 1: Gothard (37 employees, TCR 22.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Station 1: Gothard has fewer employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. 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 11.2 0.0 4 0 0
2023 15.2 0.0 6 0 0
2022 25.1 7.5 7 3 0
2018 34.0 2.8 12 0 0
2017 28.6 2.9 6 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CA · Huntington Beach

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 216 employers in Huntington Beach, 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 SOUTHERN REGION : MVU 22.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of South San Francisco - Fire Department 22.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Of Meriden Fire Department #5 22.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTHERN REGION : TGU 22.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KP Spraying LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAN - 01 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kimberlina Shop 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA015 2,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 389 846 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bolsa 648 FTE
CITY-NEAR 111 - Huntington Beach 572 FTE
NAT-TCR The Retreat at Conyers 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nursing Home 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 251910-Clawson Po 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hou-Ground Ops 22.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Henry Kohn Inc 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE R29AS - Fergus Falls Office 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Community Ed 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE A.J. Moore Electric, Inc. 37 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.