Tire dealers, automotive · California

Able Tire & Brake

Novato, CA · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Able Tire & Brake runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tire dealers, automotive workplace, earning a grade D.

Able Tire & Brake: 4.6 TCR = 136% of Tire dealers, automotive BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Able Tire & Brake safety composite

Able Tire & Brake scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 4.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

Able Tire & Brake held a steady TCR band

Able Tire & Brake's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.8 in 2017 to 4.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441320 · Novato, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 136% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #28/148
  • PHOTO Pomp's Tire - Bridge…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pomp's Tire - Bridgeton 117 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Able Tire & Brake in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Able Tire & Brake averages 4.6 TCR (136% of the Tire dealers, automotive BLS benchmark).

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

Able Tire & Brake TCR series: 2017=4.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=4.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Able Tire & Brake falls in its industry

1,416 Tire dealers, automotive establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 148 Tire dealers, automotive employers in California.

Able Tire & Brake (26 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 24 employees and a TCR of 8.2 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 0100200300 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Able Tire & Brake
Able Tire & Brake (26 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 24 employees and a TCR of 8.2

Able Tire & Brake has more employees than the Tire dealers, automotive median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.2. 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
2019 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2018 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 4.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441320 · CA · Novato

1,416 Tire dealers, automotive employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 79 employers in Novato, 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 Pomp's Tire - Bridgeton 117 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR GAA007 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MNM010 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ascot Supply Corporation 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE HAULING & TRAILER SHOP 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seasholtz Co., LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Valley Vineyards 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Central Coast Vineyards 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. 2,276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Township Building Services, Inc. 1,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Bay Hospitals (30256) 355 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novato Community Hospital (274-NC-HSP) 337 FTE
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0016 3207 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sheraton Erie 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Msp 1390 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Loudon County Trucking, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hog and Maitenance 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE SAO : LSM - Elyria, OH 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kentland 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mass Movement, Inc. - Foxboro, MA 26 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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