Abrasive products manufacturing · California

CGW Abrasives

Buena Park, CA · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CGW Abrasives runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Abrasive products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

CGW Abrasives: 5.5 TCR = 167% of Abrasive products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CGW Abrasives safety composite

CGW Abrasives scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−4.9

2021→2023

CGW Abrasives injury rate improved

CGW Abrasives's TCR fell 4.9 from 10.7 in 2021 to 5.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327910 · Buena Park, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 167% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Precision Abrasives
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Precision Abrasives (0.0 TCR gap)

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CGW Abrasives in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CGW Abrasives averages 5.5 TCR (167% of the Abrasive products manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

CGW Abrasives TCR series: 2021=10.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where CGW Abrasives falls in its industry

90 Abrasive products manufacturin establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

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 6 Abrasive products manufacturin employers in California.

CGW Abrasives (35 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate CGW Abrasives
CGW Abrasives (35 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5

CGW Abrasives has fewer employees than the Abrasive products manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 5.8 2.9 1 1 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 10.7 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327910 · CA · Buena Park

90 Abrasive products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 112 employers in Buena Park, 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 Precision Abrasives 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anchor Abrasives Company 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saint-Gobain ABC Warren / Ampex Superabrasives 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cesco Plant 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION FABRICATION/CARPENTRY/PAINTING/ELECTRIC/PIPE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meek Ranches LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dresick Farms, Inc. - Farm 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolfsen Inc 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : LAX5 1,220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-041 910 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - LAX5 898 FTE
CITY-NEAR BUENA PARK CA 831 FTE
NAT-TCR Varsity Spirit 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR RFI-ODFL 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Admiral/153 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aeroforge, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hoffman Senior Living 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commander Beverages Corporation 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Les Schwab Tire Center-Medford Commerce Drive 35 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, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.