Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services · California

Balazs Fremont

Name: Balazs Fremont Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fremont, CA · ~60 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 0.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Balazs Fremont runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services workplace, earning a grade D.

Balazs Fremont: 0.8 TCR = 154% of Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Balazs Fremont safety composite

Balazs Fremont scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 0.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Balazs Fremont: 0.0 → 1.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 1.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.92× in 2021

Balazs Fremont's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.0 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541380 · Fremont, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 0.8 · 154% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #7/35
PHOTO Food Safety Net Serv…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Food Safety Net Services, Ltd - Columbus Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Balazs Fremont averages 0.8 TCR (154% of the Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services BLS benchmark).

Balazs Fremont TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.5 · BLS 0.5

Where Balazs Fremont falls in its industry

232 Laboratory testing (except med establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 35 Laboratory testing (except med employers in California.

Balazs Fremont (60 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0

Balazs Fremont has fewer employees than the Laboratory testing (except medical, vete median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.0. 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
2021	1.5	1.5	1
2020	1.6	1.6	1
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541380 · CA · Fremont

232 Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 348 employers in Fremont, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Food Safety Net Services, Ltd - Columbus Lab	COLUMBUS, OH	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Food Safety Net Services, Ltd - Phoenix Lab	PHOENIX, AZ	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mercedes-Benz USA - Engineering Services	JACKSONVILLE, FL	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	KBI Biopharma - Louisville	LOUISVILLE, CO	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	North Coast Vineyards	GEYSERVILLE	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sun Pacific Farming Cooperative, Inc \| Grapes Delano	BAKERSFIELD	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paiva Farm Management	CHICO	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rocket Farms Herbs Inc Thermal	THERMAL	60 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NA-US-CA-Fremont-45500 Fremont Blvd	Fremont	21,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NA-US-CA-Fremont-Factory	Fremont	12,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 517	Fremont	2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lam Research Corp. Fremont Campus	Fremont	2,887 FTE
NAT-TCR	Constellium Bowling Green LLC	Bowling Green, KY	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Beattyville Save-A-Lot	Beattyville, KY	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	HeatTek, Inc	Ixonia, WI	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Waterloo	Waterloo, NE	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hurricane Fence Co Richmond	Richmond, VA	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	First Companies, Inc	Grand Rapids, MI	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	498500-St George Po	Saint George, UT	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	252519-Det-Oak Park Sta	Oak Park, MI	60 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.