Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · California

Argonaut Manufacturing Services

Carlsbad, CA · ~131 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Argonaut Manufacturing Services runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Argonaut Manufacturing Services: 1.7 TCR = 51% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Argonaut Manufacturing Services safety composite

Argonaut Manufacturing Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

Argonaut Manufacturing Services held a steady TCR band

Argonaut Manufacturing Services's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.9 in 2021 to 1.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.9 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Carlsbad, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 51% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #33/79
  • PHOTO OurPharma-Fayetteville
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OurPharma-Fayetteville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Argonaut Manufacturing Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Argonaut Manufacturing Services averages 1.7 TCR (51% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Argonaut Manufacturing Services TCR series: 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Argonaut Manufacturing Services falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 79 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in California.

Argonaut Manufacturing Services (131 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Argonaut Manufacturing Services
Argonaut Manufacturing Services (131 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Argonaut Manufacturing Services has fewer employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2023 1.7 0.8 2 0 0
2022 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2021 1.9 1.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · CA · Carlsbad

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) 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 OurPharma-Fayetteville 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elanco Kansas 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mylan Puerto Rico 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Babe Blosser Ranch 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dave Wilson Nursery 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gold Flora Corp 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Land FLC 131 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 Nre Power Systems 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Duct Cleaning Services Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ecco Ride Wright City 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fluid Connectors : Manitowoc HPD 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Custom Seating Inc. 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maurer's Textile Rental Services 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Curry Medical Center - Brookings 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baw Plastics Inc 131 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.