Colleges Universities and Professional Schools · California
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · ~10,779 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
UC Santa Barbara runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Colleges Universities and Professional Schools workplace, earning a grade C.
UC Santa Barbara: 1.6 TCR = 113% of Colleges Universities and Professional Schools BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
UC Santa Barbara safety composite
UC Santa Barbara scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 1.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 2% 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 Santa Barbara held a steady TCR band
UC Santa Barbara's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.7 in 2017 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=1.7 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611310 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 1.6 · 113% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #8/20
- PHOTO Touro University Nev…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 781 inj
- SIZE ~10,779 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Touro University Nevada (0.0 TCR gap)
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UC Santa Barbara in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
UC Santa Barbara
1.6 TCR
- Touro Universi
Touro University Nevada
1.6 TCR
- Minneapolis Co
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
1.6 TCR
- Carilion Clini
Carilion Clinic-VTC Support Services Co. 70
1.6 TCR
- UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz
1.6 TCR
What this shows UC Santa Barbara averages 1.6 TCR (113% of the Colleges Universities and Professional Schools BLS benchmark).
UC Santa Barbara TCR series: 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 1.4
Where UC Santa Barbara falls in its industry
347 Colleges Universities and Prof establishmentsSafer than 47% 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 #8 safest of 20 Colleges Universities and Prof employers in California.
UC Santa Barbara 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 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 109 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 123 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 103 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 78 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 49 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 113 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 113 | 8 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 93 | 17 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
611310 · CA · Santa Barbara
347 Colleges Universities and Professional Schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, 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 | Touro University Nevada | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carilion Clinic-VTC Support Services Co. 70 | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UC Santa Cruz | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Prime Healthcare Services Inc. Location: St. Mary's, Passaic LLC 46-3499370 (HP29) | 10,997 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UC Davis Health | 10,481 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SFO SFO | 11,101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Los Angeles Department of Water and Power | 10,346 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | 3,298 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Santa Barbara | 1,587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Big Green Santa Barbara | 674 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cottage Health | 618 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Master Interiors, Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Salt Lake City Terminal | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pilot Plant | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | C&W Embroidery | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County | 11,013 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Washington State University | 10,539 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Duke University Hospital | 11,048 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cleveland Medical Center | 10,377 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.