Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing · California

Arthrex California Tech

Santa Barbara, CA · ~168 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arthrex California Tech runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Arthrex California Tech: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arthrex California Tech safety composite

Arthrex California Tech scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Arthrex California Tech held a steady TCR band

Arthrex California Tech's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Santa Barbara, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #58/107
  • PHOTO Laborie Salt Lake Ci…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~168 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Laborie Salt Lake City Murray (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arthrex California Tech in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arthrex California Tech averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Arthrex California Tech TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Arthrex California Tech falls in its industry

741 Instruments, mechanical micros establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 107 Instruments, mechanical micros employers in California.

Arthrex California Tech (168 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Arthrex California Tech
Arthrex California Tech (168 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Arthrex California Tech has fewer employees than the Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.6 3.6 3 3 0
2020 3.5 2.9 0 6 0
2019 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2018 1.3 1.3 1 1 0
2017 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · CA · Santa Barbara

741 Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, 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 Laborie Salt Lake City Murray 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Resonetics Mount Clemens 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Engineered Materials : Merrillville 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MGAR - Gary Manufacturing 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mininger Farms 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bud of California Lettuce 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE CCH 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Barbara 10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 3,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Barbara 1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Green Santa Barbara 674 FTE
NAT-TCR U. S. Specialties 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ed Taylor Construction 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bennett Metal Products, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Control Chief Corporation 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bush Brothers & Company 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Linzer Products Corp 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wapakoneta 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mountain Shadows 168 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.