Dishwashing machines, commercial-type, manufacturing · California

Chemical Methods Associates, LLC

Name: Chemical Methods Associates, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Garden Grove, CA · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Chemical Methods Associates, LLC runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Dishwashing machines, commercial-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Chemical Methods Associates, LLC: 2.9 TCR = 86% of Dishwashing machines, commercial-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chemical Methods Associates, LLC safety composite

Chemical Methods Associates, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−2.0

2019→2020

Chemical Methods Associates, LLC injury rate improved

Chemical Methods Associates, LLC's TCR fell 2.0 from 3.9 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.9 · 2020=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333318 · Garden Grove, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 86% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #14/30
PHOTO MATERIALS TRANSPORTA…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Chemical Methods Associates, LLC averages 2.9 TCR (86% of the Dishwashing machines, commercial-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Chemical Methods Associates, LLC TCR series: 2019=3.9 · 2020=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Chemical Methods Associates, LLC falls in its industry

361 Dishwashing machines, commerci establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 30 Dishwashing machines, commerci employers in California.

Chemical Methods Associates, LLC (68 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Chemical Methods Associates, LLC has fewer employees than the Dishwashing machines, commercial-type, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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	1.9	0.0	1	0	0
2019	3.9	2.6	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333318 · CA · Garden Grove

361 Dishwashing machines, commercial-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 145 employers in Garden Grove, 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	MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY	TEMPLE, TX	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	A. O. Smith Groveport	GROVEPORT, OH	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FL - Invision	ORLANDO, FL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nicholson Manufacturing, Inc	IXONIA, WI	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	California Valley Land Co.	FRESNO	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MCFFO	MCFARLAND	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	VinePro Vineyard Management, Inc.	GEYSERVILLE	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Knights Grapevine Nursery	OLIVEHURST	68 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Southland Industries	Garden Grove	6,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City Hall	Garden Grove	677 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Great Wolf Lodge	Garden Grove	649 FTE
CITY-NEAR	King Janitorial Equipment Services	Garden Grove	645 FTE
NAT-TCR	Recleim OH LLC	Lima, OH	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	DGS Aviation Services : LAS - Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Corp	Chicago, IL	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	0000000069 Quick Chek Food Stores	Phillipsburg, NJ	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Empire Building Diagnostics	Depew, NY	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Derr-Willow Grove	Willow Grove, PA	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DGS Aviation Services : MLI - Moline	Moline, IL	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dragon Products Los Fresnos	Los Fresnos, TX	68 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, 2019. 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.