Automobile dealers, new only or new and used · California

Sunset Auto Center

Lompoc, CA · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sunset Auto Center runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Automobile dealers, new only or new and used workplace, earning a grade A.

Sunset Auto Center: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sunset Auto Center safety composite

Sunset Auto Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−2.6

2017→2019

Sunset Auto Center injury rate improved

Sunset Auto Center's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.6 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441110 · Lompoc, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/301
  • PHOTO Jeff Belzer New Prag…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jeff Belzer New Prague Chevrolet (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sunset Auto Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sunset Auto Center averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS benchmark).

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

Sunset Auto Center TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Sunset Auto Center falls in its industry

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only o establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 301 Automobile dealers, new only o employers in California.

Sunset Auto Center (38 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Sunset Auto Center
Sunset Auto Center (38 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Sunset Auto Center has fewer employees than the Automobile dealers, new only or new and median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441110 · CA · Lompoc

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only or new and used employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 39 employers in Lompoc, 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 Jeff Belzer New Prague Chevrolet 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buerkle Acura 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SALSBURY'S DODGE CITY LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CADI-EMCAZ-CADILLAC 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAL-O SHIPPING 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE GAR & S Farm Labor Services, Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Supreme Almonds of California, Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bays Ranch Inc 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Lompoc 376 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1989 312 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1989 311 FTE
CITY-NEAR River Ranch 303 FTE
NAT-TCR Red River Army Depot TX0660 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Innocor Foam Technologies, LLC - Coldwater 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pavarini North East Construction Company, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dupli Envelope & Graphics - Syracuse, NY 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 33 Raymond Rd. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunbelt Steel Texas - Houston 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Suddath Global Logistics 803 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Farm 38 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: 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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