Explosives manufacturing · California

Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA

Name: Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Mojave, CA · ~37 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Explosives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA: 6.0 TCR = 182% of Explosives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA safety composite

Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−1.3

2017→2021

Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA injury rate improved

Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA's TCR fell 1.3 from 5.7 in 2017 to 4.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.7 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=9.2 · 2021=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Mojave, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 182% of ind

DART 4.4 DART
RANK #7/8
PHOTO Copperhead Chemical …
BOOK 5y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Copperhead Chemical Company Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Austin Powder

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5.6

What this shows Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA averages 6.0 TCR (182% of the Explosives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=9.2 · 2021=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA falls in its industry

78 Explosives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Explosives manufacturing employers in California.

Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA (37 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA has fewer employees than the Explosives manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021	4.4	4.4	2
2020	9.2	6.9	4
2019	4.9	2.5	2
2018	5.7	0.0	2
2017	5.7	0.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · CA · Mojave

78 Explosives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 29 employers in Mojave, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Copperhead Chemical Company Inc.	TAMAQUA, PA	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Austin Powder Midsouth - LaFollette	LAFOLLETTE, TN	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alpha Dyno Nobel - Lincoln, CA	LINCOLN, CA	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC	STERLING, CT	5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	BULLSEYE FARMS LLC	WOODLAND	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	KP Spraying LLC	MADERA	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	KAN - 01	FRESNO	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kimberlina Shop	BAKERSFIELD	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Virgin Galactic LLC	Mojave	1,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 512	Mojave	1,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TSC,LLC	Mojave	445 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Edwards Sanborn Solar Storage TerraGen1A 1B 20145007	Mojave	439 FTE
NAT-TCR	Spanaway WA Yard	Spanaway, WA	6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Harrisonburg Greenhouse	Harrisonburg, VA	6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Consolidated Electrical Distributors (Pc3919)	Knoxville, TN	6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Riverside Ag Harvesting LLC	Somerton, AZ	6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Baker Allergy, Asthma & Dermatology	Portland, OR	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2350 Bonded Logistics	Mebane, NC	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington	Newington, CT	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Anderson Packaging LLC	Butler, WI	37 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.