In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing · California

ARDx Carlsbad

Carlsbad, CA · ~119 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ARDx Carlsbad runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

ARDx Carlsbad: 1.9 TCR = 59% of In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ARDx Carlsbad safety composite

ARDx Carlsbad scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−2.5

2019→2022

ARDx Carlsbad injury rate improved

ARDx Carlsbad's TCR fell 2.5 from 3.5 in 2019 to 1.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.5 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325413 · Carlsbad, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 59% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #41/50
  • PHOTO Bion Enterprises, Lt…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bion Enterprises, Ltd. (DBA - Aesku Bion) (0.0 TCR gap)

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ARDx Carlsbad in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ARDx Carlsbad averages 1.9 TCR (59% of the In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ARDx Carlsbad TCR series: 2019=3.5 · 2020=2 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1 · BLS 3.3

Where ARDx Carlsbad falls in its industry

201 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

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 50 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance employers in California.

ARDx Carlsbad (119 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4 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 02,0004,0006,000 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate ARDx Carlsbad
ARDx Carlsbad (119 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

ARDx Carlsbad has fewer employees than the In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2022 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2021 1.3 0.0 2 0 0
2020 2.0 0.0 3 0 0
2019 3.5 1.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325413 · CA · Carlsbad

201 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Carlsbad, 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 Bion Enterprises, Ltd. (DBA - Aesku Bion) 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bio-Rad Laboratories - Woodinville 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Francisco Public Health Laboratory 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fresh Prep, LLC 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE HM Clause - Cousteau 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Booth Ranches LLC 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pyramid Flowers 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thermo Fisher Scientific 2,234 FTE
CITY-NEAR Legoland California Resort 2,055 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bergelectric Corp. CA 1,520 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Sciences Solutions Group (LSG) Remote Employees 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR Geiger Bros Mechanical 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Food Giant #608 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR St Louis Pk Specialty Ctr 3931 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tee Shirt Central 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-00806 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-04715 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hanover Foods Center HAll 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #525 119 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, 2020, 2019. 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.