Switches for electronic applications manufacturing · California

APEM Inc California

Vista, CA · ~87 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

APEM Inc California runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Switches for electronic applications manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

APEM Inc California: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Switches for electronic applications manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

APEM Inc California safety composite

APEM Inc California scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

APEM Inc California: 1.1 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2020

APEM Inc California's TCR rose 1.1 from 1.1 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334118 · Vista, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #7/10
  • PHOTO Aleph Objects, Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aleph Objects, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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APEM Inc California in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows APEM Inc California averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Switches for electronic applications manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

APEM Inc California TCR series: 2017=1.1 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where APEM Inc California falls in its industry

48 Switches for electronic applic establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.1.

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 10 Switches for electronic applic employers in California.

APEM Inc California (87 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 1.1 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate APEM Inc California
APEM Inc California (87 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 1.1

APEM Inc California has fewer employees than the Switches for electronic applications man median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.1. 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
2020 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2019 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.3 4.3 4 0 0
2017 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334118 · CA · Vista

48 Switches for electronic applications manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 197 employers in Vista, 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 Aleph Objects, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Key Tronic SW 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Memtron Input Technologies 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PKG, Inc. 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Martinelli Vineyard Management, Inc 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE farming 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE A. SAMBADO & SON INC 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Agromillora California 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR 05-CACTUS 1,065 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cactus - 05 949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vista HQ 758 FTE
CITY-NEAR 01-CORP 522 FTE
NAT-TCR Dutch Creek Foods 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Roses 154 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AT Corporate Office 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SEWARD 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn Charlotte Center City 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pawnee Station 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delano 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ridgeview Rehab and Nursing Center 87 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: 2020, 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.