Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding · California

Valley Physicians Surgery Center

Northridge, CA · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.9
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Physicians Surgery Center runs at 314% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding workplace, earning a grade F.

Valley Physicians Surgery Center: 11.9 TCR = 314% of Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Physicians Surgery Center safety composite

Valley Physicians Surgery Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Valley Physicians Surgery Center: 0.0 → 8.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 27.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

Valley Physicians Surgery Center's TCR rose 8.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 8.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 27.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621493 · Northridge, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.9 · 314% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/36
  • PHOTO AOS Surgery Center
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AOS Surgery Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Physicians Surgery Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Physicians Surgery Center averages 11.9 TCR (314% of the Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Physicians Surgery Center TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=27 · 2018=8.8 · BLS 3.8

Where Valley Physicians Surgery Center falls in its industry

498 Ambulatory surgical centers an establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 36 Ambulatory surgical centers an employers in California.

Valley Physicians Surgery Center (21 employees, TCR 11.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Physicians Surgery Center
Valley Physicians Surgery Center (21 employees, TCR 11.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Valley Physicians Surgery Center has fewer employees than the Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2018 8.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 27.0 18.0 3 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621493 · CA · Northridge

498 Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 84 employers in Northridge, 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 AOS Surgery Center 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Surgery Center of Easton 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hanover Surgicenter LLC 12.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medtronic MiniMed 2,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030341 1,948 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030341-341001 NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER 1,901 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030341-341001 1,742 FTE
NAT-TCR Lci - 084 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus Home Care 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Westview Acres 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Partridge House 11.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carriage Park Apartments 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHR-Strickland 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dixon 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tfrpf-Tfr-Tfr - Pflugerville 21 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.