Public transportation commissions, nonoperating · California

SunLine Transit Agency

Thousand Palms, CA · ~366 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SunLine Transit Agency runs at 418% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Public transportation commissions, nonoperating workplace, earning a grade F.

SunLine Transit Agency: 13.4 TCR = 418% of Public transportation commissions, nonoperating BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SunLine Transit Agency safety composite

SunLine Transit Agency scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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 13.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

SunLine Transit Agency: 5.6 → 15.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 20.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.28× in 2024

SunLine Transit Agency's TCR rose 9.5 from 5.6 in 2017 to 15.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 20.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926120 · Thousand Palms, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.4 · 418% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #17/18
  • PHOTO Long Beach Public Tr…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 287 inj
  • SIZE ~366 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Long Beach Public Transportation (1.3 TCR gap)

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SunLine Transit Agency in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SunLine Transit Agency averages 13.4 TCR (418% of the Public transportation commissions, nonoperating BLS benchmark).

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

SunLine Transit Agency TCR series: 2017=5.6 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=20.9 · 2020=11.6 · 2022=15.3 · 2023=17.1 · 2024=15.1 · BLS 3.2

Where SunLine Transit Agency falls in its industry

208 Public transportation commissi establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 Public transportation commissi employers in California.

SunLine Transit Agency (366 employees, TCR 13.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SunLine Transit Agency
SunLine Transit Agency (366 employees, TCR 13.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6

SunLine Transit Agency has more employees than the Public transportation commissions, nonop median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2024 15.1 3.8 41 7 0
2023 17.1 3.9 50 3 0
2022 15.3 5.7 53 6 0
2020 11.6 3.4 32 6 0
2019 20.9 6.9 61 6 0
2018 8.1 3.2 32 1 0
2017 5.6 2.1 18 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926120 · CA · Thousand Palms

208 Public transportation commissions, nonoperating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 25 employers in Thousand Palms, 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 Long Beach Public Transportation 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (118) 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iowa DOT - Dubuque Garage 15.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Transit 16.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE LMR Farm Labor Inc 1 366 FTE
STATE-SIZE TRUESDALE TRAINING FACILITY 366 FTE
STATE-SIZE LinkUs Enterprises, LLC 366 FTE
STATE-SIZE California 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conserve Landcare 381 FTE
CITY-NEAR PWLC II, INC. 171 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pro Landscaping Inc 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kincaid Industries Inc. 67 FTE
NAT-TCR Conlan Tire- Mulberry RE'TRD SH 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Boise, Id #00054 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Whitley Manufacturing Co., Inc. 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Theater of the Sea 13.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Melrose Park 366 FTE
NAT-SIZE RENK America LLC 366 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newark 366 FTE
NAT-SIZE JLG Structures 366 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, 2020, 2019, 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.