Colleges Universities and Professional Schools · California
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA · ~27,023 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
UC San Diego runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Colleges Universities and Professional Schools workplace, earning a grade D.
UC San Diego: 1.7 TCR = 124% of Colleges Universities and Professional Schools BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
UC San Diego safety composite
UC San Diego scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 1.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 0.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% 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%).
UC San Diego held a steady TCR band
UC San Diego's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.6 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=1.6 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=1.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611310 · La Jolla, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 1.7 · 124% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #14/20
- PHOTO Urbana Campus
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 1,914 inj
- SIZE ~27,023 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Urbana Campus (0.0 TCR gap)
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UC San Diego in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Duke Universit
Duke University
1.8 TCR
- This site
UC San Diego
1.7 TCR
- Urbana Campus
Urbana Campus
1.7 TCR
- Southern Adven
Southern Adventist University
1.7 TCR
- Division 90 Un
Division 90 University of Rochester
1.7 TCR
What this shows UC San Diego averages 1.7 TCR (124% of the Colleges Universities and Professional Schools BLS benchmark).
UC San Diego TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 1.4
Where UC San Diego falls in its industry
347 Colleges Universities and Prof establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 20 Colleges Universities and Prof employers in California.
UC San Diego has more employees than the Colleges Universities and Professional S median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 306 | 116 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 270 | 142 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 198 | 143 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 233 | 132 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 181 | 87 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 263 | 70 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 241 | 60 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 222 | 73 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
611310 · CA · La Jolla
347 Colleges Universities and Professional Schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 44 employers in La Jolla, 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 | Urbana Campus | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southern Adventist University | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Division 90 University of Rochester | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Duke University | 1.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. d/b/a Disneyland Resort | 28,066 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UC Davis | 24,317 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - SCV | 31,225 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UC Berkeley | 22,120 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2261-00000300 | 2,939 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2261-00000310 | 1,283 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 783 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Technical Safety Services | 708 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | King Construction Services | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pomp's Tire - KC Warehouse 125 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | First Quality Tissue Southeast | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bluebird Nursery Inc | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Massachusetts General Hospital | 26,855 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cleveland Clinic Main Campus | 25,629 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The United States of America | 25,000 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries | 24,543 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.