Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing · California

Burke Industries (San Jose, CA)

San Jose, CA · ~126 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Burke Industries (San Jose, CA): 7.0 TCR = 212% of Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) safety composite

Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−7.8

2017→2021

Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) injury rate improved

Burke Industries (San Jose, CA)'s TCR fell 7.8 from 11.0 in 2017 to 3.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.0 · 2018=10.5 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325212 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 212% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO C&M Rubber Company
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C&M Rubber Company (0.1 TCR gap)

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Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) averages 7.0 TCR (212% of the Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) TCR series: 2017=11 · 2018=10.5 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) falls in its industry

90 Rubber, synthetic, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Rubber, synthetic, manufacturi employers in California.

Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) (126 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Burke Industries (San Jose, CA)
Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) (126 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) has more employees than the Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2021 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2020 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2019 7.1 4.1 7 0 0
2018 10.5 8.6 16 1 0
2017 11.0 9.7 15 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325212 · CA · San Jose

90 Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 C&M Rubber Company 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SILMIX CA Div 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polytek - Pomona 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Guy Chemical Company, LLC 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blosser Ranch 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE T&A Onions - Salinas - Harvest 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anthony F Cubre Jr 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Shore Greenhouses, Inc. 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Pepro Enterprises Inc 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NMC Group Gering 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern MN Beet Sugar Cooperative 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Skilled Nursing and Therapy 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 0080 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin Iron and Metal Corp 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dahlia Plant 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE YK-YK-YORK 126 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, 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.