Space transportation, freight, nonscheduled · California

Vandenberg SLC-2

Lompoc, CA · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vandenberg SLC-2 runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Space transportation, freight, nonscheduled workplace, earning a grade D.

Vandenberg SLC-2: 6.2 TCR = 138% of Space transportation, freight, nonscheduled BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vandenberg SLC-2 safety composite

Vandenberg SLC-2 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.2

2023→2024

Vandenberg SLC-2 injury rate improved

Vandenberg SLC-2's TCR fell 6.2 from 9.3 in 2023 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=9.3 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481212 · Lompoc, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 138% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO TRANSPORTATION
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TRANSPORTATION (0.4 TCR gap)

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Vandenberg SLC-2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vandenberg SLC-2 averages 6.2 TCR (138% of the Space transportation, freight, nonscheduled BLS benchmark).

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

Vandenberg SLC-2 TCR series: 2023=9.3 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Vandenberg SLC-2 falls in its industry

24 Space transportation, freight, establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Space transportation, freight, employers in California.

Vandenberg SLC-2 (24 employees, TCR 6.2) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 4.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 14 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Vandenberg SLC-2
Vandenberg SLC-2 (24 employees, TCR 6.2) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Vandenberg SLC-2 has fewer employees than the Space transportation, freight, nonschedu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 9.3 6.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481212 · CA · Lompoc

24 Space transportation, freight, nonscheduled employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 39 employers in Lompoc, 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 TRANSPORTATION 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ULA- Vandenberg Air Force Base 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Coast Recovery 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ULA- Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-6 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Farms 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marc Pura Ranch, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Lompoc 376 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1989 312 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1989 311 FTE
CITY-NEAR River Ranch 303 FTE
NAT-TCR Paper Systems Incorporated 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Venture Construction, Inc 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Avamere rehabilitation of Oregon city 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SPRINGFIELD 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Luverne School Bus Garage 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Gateway Co of Missouri, LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belmont Aggregates, Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Durham McPherson 24 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.