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.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 1.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 1.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1,914
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares UC San Diego's OSHA Total Case Rate of 1.7 to the Colleges Universities and Professional Schools BLS benchmark of 1.4 (124% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
UC San Diego's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.4 industry benchmark.
Where UC San Diego falls in its industry
409 Colleges Universities and Prof establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.
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.
Trend analysis for UC San Diego
Between 2017 and 2024, UC San Diego's Total Case Rate worsened from 1.6 to 1.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 16% increase across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 1.4, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 2.0, a spread of 0.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 8 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, UC San Diego recorded 1,914 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 1,914 injuries, 823 illnesses shown on this page for UC San Diego are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 611310 - Colleges Universities and Professional Schools.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
183 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 44,103,366 hours worked = 0.83 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego (this establishment) | 1.73 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Universities industry avg | 1.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 611310 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by UC San Diego to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 422 reportable incidents · 306 injuries, 116 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 412 reportable incidents · 270 injuries, 142 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 341 reportable incidents · 198 injuries, 143 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 365 reportable incidents · 233 injuries, 132 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 268 reportable incidents · 181 injuries, 87 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 333 reportable incidents · 263 injuries, 70 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 301 reportable incidents · 241 injuries, 60 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 295 reportable incidents · 222 injuries, 73 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on UC San Diego's reported OSHA injury record versus its Colleges Universities and Professional Schools peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 124% of the Colleges Universities and Professional Schools benchmark, UC San Diego reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Colleges Universities and Professional Schools sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.