Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in food science · California

Apeel Technology, Inc.

Goleta, CA · ~375 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Apeel Technology, Inc. runs at 318% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in food science workplace, earning a grade F.

Apeel Technology, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 318% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in food science BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Apeel Technology, Inc. safety composite

Apeel Technology, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2021→2022

Apeel Technology, Inc. injury rate improved

Apeel Technology, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.8 from 2.0 in 2021 to 1.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.0 · 2022=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Goleta, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 1.6 · 318% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #41/51
  • PHOTO Apicore
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~375 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Apicore (0.0 TCR gap)

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Apeel Technology, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Apeel Technology, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (318% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in food science BLS benchmark).

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

Apeel Technology, Inc. TCR series: 2021=2 · 2022=1.2 · BLS 0.5

Where Apeel Technology, Inc. falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 51 Biotechnology research and dev employers in California.

Apeel Technology, Inc. (375 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Apeel Technology, Inc.
Apeel Technology, Inc. (375 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Apeel Technology, Inc. has more employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2022 1.2 0.8 3 0 0
2021 2.0 1.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · CA · Goleta

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in food science employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 98 employers in Goleta, 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 Apicore 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR REG Life Sciences 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Johnson County Clin-Trials 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mascoma LLC 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Marcos Renteria 375 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayoral Brothers Incoporated Farm Labor Contractor 375 FTE
STATE-SIZE CUPERTINO ELECTRIC, INC. - SAN FRANCISCO OPERATIONS 375 FTE
STATE-SIZE 220 Laboratories 375 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Goleta_CA_RVS 843 FTE
CITY-NEAR Teledyne FLIR, Goleta 555 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Goleta_CA_EW 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goleta 342 FTE
NAT-TCR International Flavors and Fragrances Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bulldog Factory Service 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SYV-ODFL 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Monroe Kut, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aurora Medical Center Hartford 375 FTE
NAT-SIZE Terra Bella Health and Wellness Suites 375 FTE
NAT-SIZE Easterseals - 555 Auburn St-Manchester 375 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardone Plant 13+14 375 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: 2022, 2021. 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.