Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing · California

Cepheid

Name: Cepheid Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sunnyvale, CA · ~1,842 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cepheid runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Cepheid: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cepheid safety composite

Cepheid scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: F 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Cepheid held a steady TCR band

Cepheid's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.2 in 2018 to 1.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.2 · 2020=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · Sunnyvale, CA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

DART 1.0 DART
RANK #29/51
PHOTO Shimadzu Scientific …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 50 inj
SIZE ~1,842 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. - North Central Region (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Cepheid averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Cepheid TCR series: 2018=1.2 · 2020=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Cepheid falls in its industry

213 Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring e establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 51 Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring e employers in California.

Cepheid (1,842 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Cepheid has more employees than the Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2020	1.4	1.0	31	1	0
2018	1.2	1.0	19	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · CA · Sunnyvale

213 Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Sunnyvale, 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	Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. - North Central Region	WEST CHICAGO, IL	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bruker Nano Surfaces - San Jose	SAN JOSE, CA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Protein Simple	SAN JOSE, CA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Capintec - Florham Park	FLORHAM PARK, NJ	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Los Angeles Base Alaska	LOS ANGELES	1,843 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Waymo HQ	MOUNTAIN VIEW	1,846 FTE
STATE-SIZE	9292-AHBD001 - HOSPITAL	BAKERSFIELD	1,837 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hanford Community Hospital	HANFORD	1,849 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LinkedIn Mountain View / Sunnyvale	Sunnyvale	5,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lockheed Martin Corporation Sunnyvale Campus (1066)	Sunnyvale	4,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Intuitive Surgical	Sunnyvale	3,888 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Intuitive	Sunnyvale	3,670 FTE
NAT-TCR	SFS Atlanta-265PDK	Atlanta, GA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	WDS Savannah	Pooler, GA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Magnolia Marine Transport-Vicksburg	Vicksburg, MS	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	HES Kilgore	Kilgore, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Albuquerque - ABQ	Albuquerque, NM	1,842 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Berkeley Medical Center	Martinsburg, WV	1,843 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HOSPITAL	Las Vegas, NV	1,844 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Corporate Office	Plano, TX	1,840 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: 2020, 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.