Colleges Universities and Professional Schools · California
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA · ~8,081 workers · 6 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 Cruz runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Colleges Universities and Professional Schools workplace, earning a grade C.
UC Santa Cruz: 1.6 TCR = 112% of Colleges Universities and Professional Schools BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
UC Santa Cruz safety composite
UC Santa Cruz scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48% 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 1.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.3
2017→2024
UC Santa Cruz injury rate improved
UC Santa Cruz's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.5 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=2.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2021=1.0 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611310 · Santa Cruz, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 1.6 · 112% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #7/20
- PHOTO Bethel University
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 333 inj
- SIZE ~8,081 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bethel University (0.0 TCR gap)
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UC Santa Cruz in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
UC Santa Cruz
1.6 TCR
- Bethel Univers
Bethel University
1.6 TCR
- UC Santa Barba
UC Santa Barbara
1.6 TCR
- Touro Universi
Touro University Nevada
1.6 TCR
- Universidad An
Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Carolina
1.6 TCR
What this shows UC Santa Cruz averages 1.6 TCR (112% of the Colleges Universities and Professional Schools BLS benchmark).
UC Santa Cruz TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2021=1 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 1.4
Where UC Santa Cruz falls in its industry
347 Colleges Universities and Prof establishmentsSafer than 48% 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 #7 safest of 20 Colleges Universities and Prof employers in California.
UC Santa Cruz 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 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 66 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 72 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 63 | 14 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 39 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 63 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 30 | 86 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
611310 · CA · Santa Cruz
347 Colleges Universities and Professional Schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 133 employers in Santa Cruz, 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 | Bethel University | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UC Santa Barbara | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Touro University Nevada | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Carolina | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 8,071 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | General Atomics | 8,108 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bella Vista Transitional Care Center | 8,119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Camarillo Senior Living | 7,947 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6403-64030253 | 1,732 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dignity Health Dominican Hospital | 1,652 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 64030253-253001 DOMINICAN HOSPITAL SANTA CRUZ | 1,464 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2643-64030253-253001 | 1,428 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | G.H. Robertson School | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | All Lift Service Co. Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eye Clinic of Faribault BDA Richie Eye Clinic | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lifetime Enclosures, Inc | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mission Hospital; MH Hospital Manager, LLC | 8,097 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ilhod - Chicago Area Consolidation Hub | 8,102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0001-Carolinas Medical Center | 8,032 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | 8,018 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.