Epoxy adhesives manufacturing · California

Axiom Materials, Inc.

Santa Ana, CA · ~146 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Axiom Materials, Inc. runs at 402% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Epoxy adhesives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Axiom Materials, Inc.: 13.3 TCR = 402% of Epoxy adhesives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Axiom Materials, Inc. safety composite

Axiom Materials, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−9.5

2020→2024

Axiom Materials, Inc. injury rate improved

Axiom Materials, Inc.'s TCR fell 9.5 from 15.4 in 2020 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 17.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=15.4 · 2021=12.9 · 2022=14.7 · 2023=17.5 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Santa Ana, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.3 · 402% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #16/16
  • PHOTO Nagase Chemtex Ameri…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 74 inj
  • SIZE ~146 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nagase Chemtex America Corp. (0.7 TCR gap)

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Axiom Materials, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Axiom Materials, Inc. averages 13.3 TCR (402% of the Epoxy adhesives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Axiom Materials, Inc. TCR series: 2020=15.4 · 2021=12.9 · 2022=14.7 · 2023=17.5 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Axiom Materials, Inc. falls in its industry

287 Epoxy adhesives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #16 safest of 16 Epoxy adhesives manufacturing employers in California.

Axiom Materials, Inc. (146 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Axiom Materials, Inc.
Axiom Materials, Inc. (146 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Axiom Materials, Inc. has more employees than the Epoxy adhesives manufacturing 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 5.9 5.3 8 1 0
2023 17.5 15.7 17 13 0
2022 14.7 14.0 19 5 0
2021 12.9 8.9 14 2 0
2020 15.4 13.5 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · CA · Santa Ana

287 Epoxy adhesives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 492 employers in Santa Ana, 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 Nagase Chemtex America Corp. 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KitPackers ResinLab 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sika Corporation - Lakewood Operations 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Concrete Sealants Inc. 9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE CG - 001 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leon Farms Inc 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE TES/GEOSCIENCES 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arrow Construction 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Think Together 2,496 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Ana 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orange County/Los Angeles 1,072 FTE
CITY-NEAR 056937-SANTA ANA CA P&DC 920 FTE
NAT-TCR Specialty Concrete - Austin 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Family of Caring at Montclair 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - MSP6 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Thomas Cuisine @ BIO FIRE 13.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hankins Lumber Co, Inc 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skills of Central Pa 5016 6th Ave 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Michael Foods Inc. 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sharon Center 146 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. 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.