Water purification equipment manufacturing · California

Applied Membranes, Inc.

Vista, CA · ~162 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Applied Membranes, Inc. runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Water purification equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Applied Membranes, Inc.: 6.6 TCR = 199% of Water purification equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Applied Membranes, Inc. safety composite

Applied Membranes, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−4.4

2017→2024

Applied Membranes, Inc. injury rate improved

Applied Membranes, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.4 from 8.0 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.0 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333318 · Vista, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 199% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #24/30
  • PHOTO Brite-O-Matic Manufa…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 57 inj
  • SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Applied Membranes, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Applied Membranes, Inc. averages 6.6 TCR (199% of the Water purification equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Applied Membranes, Inc. TCR series: 2017=8 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Applied Membranes, Inc. falls in its industry

361 Water purification equipment m establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 30 Water purification equipment m employers in California.

Applied Membranes, Inc. (162 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Applied Membranes, Inc.
Applied Membranes, Inc. (162 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Applied Membranes, Inc. has more employees than the Water purification equipment manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 3.5 3.5 5 0 0
2023 5.7 5.7 7 1 0
2022 10.1 10.1 11 1 0
2021 2.3 2.3 3 0 0
2020 5.3 4.4 5 1 0
2019 11.2 7.7 16 0 0
2017 8.0 7.5 10 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333318 · CA · Vista

361 Water purification equipment 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 Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR STINGRAY PARTS WASHERS 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cemline Corporation 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winston Industries, LLC 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Shippers | Reedley Packinghouse 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE M and R Company 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alsco Geyer Irrigation, Inc. 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar - San Diego 162 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 CINCINNATI 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalamazoo Mi 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton San Antonio Hill Country 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Short North Stage 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Loram Technologies Inc. 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Packing LTD 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE TAYLORVILLE 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Careone at Peabody 162 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.