Laser diodes manufacturing · Utah

CAO Group, Inc.

West Jordan, UT · ~51 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CAO Group, Inc. runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Laser diodes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

CAO Group, Inc.: 0.3 TCR = 11% of Laser diodes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CAO Group, Inc. safety composite

CAO Group, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−2.1

2018→2024

CAO Group, Inc. injury rate improved

CAO Group, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.1 from 2.1 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334413 · West Jordan, UT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 11% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Microchip Technology…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Microchip Technology Inc. North 1st St 3850 (0.0 TCR gap)

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CAO Group, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CAO Group, Inc. averages 0.3 TCR (11% of the Laser diodes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

CAO Group, Inc. TCR series: 2018=2.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where CAO Group, Inc. falls in its industry

437 Laser diodes manufacturing establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Utah alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Laser diodes manufacturing employers in Utah.

CAO Group, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate CAO Group, Inc.
CAO Group, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9

CAO Group, Inc. has fewer employees than the Laser diodes manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334413 · UT · West Jordan

437 Laser diodes manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,861 rated employers in Utah with headcount on file · 136 employers in West Jordan, UT · 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 Microchip Technology Inc. North 1st St 3850 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR GLOBALFOUNDRIES East Fishkill 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR IntriCon - Arden Hills 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Analog Devices Inc. San Jose Campus 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coughlin Company I, Inc, 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE FLEET 1990 W. 500 SO. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snow Electrical, Inc. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE VFC Utah 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SLC2 1,056 FTE
CITY-NEAR JP Display Warehouse 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sysco Intermountain 477 FTE
CITY-NEAR SnugZ USA, LLC 476 FTE
NAT-TCR Veteran Design & Construction, Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Beloit Admin 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PROSOFT 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Massillon Office 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allpass Corporation 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Stewartville 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parklane Elementary 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Better Way Services, Inc. 51 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.