Dental laboratories · California

Burbank Dental Lab.

Burbank, CA · ~168 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Burbank Dental Lab. runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dental laboratories workplace, earning a grade A.

Burbank Dental Lab.: 1.2 TCR = 38% of Dental laboratories BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burbank Dental Lab. safety composite

Burbank Dental Lab. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−1.3

2017→2023

Burbank Dental Lab. injury rate improved

Burbank Dental Lab.'s TCR fell 1.3 from 1.9 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.9 · 2023=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339116 · Burbank, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/21
  • PHOTO James R. Glidewell D…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~168 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK (0.0 TCR gap)

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Burbank Dental Lab. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Burbank Dental Lab. averages 1.2 TCR (38% of the Dental laboratories BLS benchmark).

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

Burbank Dental Lab. TCR series: 2017=1.9 · 2023=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Burbank Dental Lab. falls in its industry

184 Dental laboratories establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 21 Dental laboratories employers in California.

Burbank Dental Lab. (168 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05001,0001,500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Burbank Dental Lab.
Burbank Dental Lab. (168 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Burbank Dental Lab. has more employees than the Dental laboratories median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.9 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339116 · CA · Burbank

184 Dental laboratories employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 260 employers in Burbank, 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 James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bruce Henry Properties Greenville LLC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NDX Perry and Young 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr 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 Disney Media and Entertainment-Burbank 5,742 FTE
CITY-NEAR Media Networks 4,278 FTE
CITY-NEAR Disney Studio Entertainment 3,701 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Walt Disney Company - Corporate 3,172 FTE
NAT-TCR Jenni Lynn Assisted Living 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 04-26-02 Northeast Div - New England Region 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ncrgh - Raleigh 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ames Linen Service 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Puyallup #016 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kottke Trucking Inc. 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oklahoma City Ok Plant 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albquerque Asphalt 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.