Switches, electrical, merchant wholesalers · California

Cole Instrument Corp

Santa Ana, CA · ~76 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cole Instrument Corp runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Switches, electrical, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Cole Instrument Corp: 4.6 TCR = 210% of Switches, electrical, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cole Instrument Corp safety composite

Cole Instrument Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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 4.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−1.5

2017→2024

Cole Instrument Corp injury rate improved

Cole Instrument Corp's TCR fell 1.5 from 4.6 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.6 · 2018=9.0 · 2022=1.8 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Santa Ana, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.6 · 210% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #93/134
  • PHOTO 6340-ED-20
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6340-ED-20 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cole Instrument Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cole Instrument Corp averages 4.6 TCR (210% of the Switches, electrical, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Cole Instrument Corp TCR series: 2017=4.6 · 2018=9 · 2022=1.8 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Cole Instrument Corp falls in its industry

1,190 Switches, electrical, merchant establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #93 safest of 134 Switches, electrical, merchant employers in California.

Cole Instrument Corp (76 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cole Instrument Corp
Cole Instrument Corp (76 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Cole Instrument Corp has more employees than the Switches, electrical, merchant wholesale median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2018 9.0 7.5 5 1 0
2017 4.6 2.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · CA · Santa Ana

1,190 Switches, electrical, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 492 employers in Santa Ana, 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 6340-ED-20 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR W1 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZG33 - RIVERSIDE, MO 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6340-VIKING-WI005 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAL-O ADMINISTRATION 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3181_6797 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE J&J Labor,Inc. 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fujishige Farms, Inc. 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Think Together 2,496 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Ana 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orange County/Los Angeles 1,072 FTE
CITY-NEAR 056937-SANTA ANA CA P&DC 920 FTE
NAT-TCR Creative Millwork of Ohio, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MAPEI - Wildwood 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Weeminuche Construction Authority 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Exedy America Corporation 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Otterbein Monclova 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Teitelbaum Concrete Co 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Water Pollution Control (WPC) 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE KRB Machinery 76 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, 2022, 2018, 2017. 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.