Blood banking · Arizona

CTS Phoenix-Tempe

Tempe, AZ · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CTS Phoenix-Tempe runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blood banking workplace, earning a grade F.

CTS Phoenix-Tempe: 9.2 TCR = 241% of Blood banking BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CTS Phoenix-Tempe safety composite

CTS Phoenix-Tempe scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

CTS Phoenix-Tempe held a steady TCR band

CTS Phoenix-Tempe's TCR held near 0.0 from 9.2 in 2016 to 9.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.2 · 2017=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Tempe, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 241% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #49/54
  • PHOTO McDonough, GA-Biolif…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McDonough, GA-Biolife 703 (0.0 TCR gap)

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CTS Phoenix-Tempe in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CTS Phoenix-Tempe averages 9.2 TCR (241% of the Blood banking BLS benchmark).

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

CTS Phoenix-Tempe TCR series: 2016=9.2 · 2017=9.2 · BLS 3.8

Where CTS Phoenix-Tempe falls in its industry

1,713 Blood banking establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 54 Blood banking employers in Arizona.

CTS Phoenix-Tempe (42 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate CTS Phoenix-Tempe
CTS Phoenix-Tempe (42 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

CTS Phoenix-Tempe has fewer employees than the Blood banking median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2017 9.2 0.0 3 1 0
2016 9.2 4.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · AZ · Tempe

1,713 Blood banking employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 569 employers in Tempe, AZ · 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 McDonough, GA-Biolife 703 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harwood Heights, IL-Biolife 741 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Blood Services-El Paso Mesa Hills 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LifeCenter Northwest WW 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Verano CPG Winslow 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE 260_450 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flagstaff Maintenance North 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flagstaff Forestry/IS 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR SALT RIVER PROJECT DISTRICT VALLEY 4,655 FTE
CITY-NEAR 202376 4,627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Plants and Offices 4,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR IES Communications, LLC 3,432 FTE
NAT-TCR St. Camillus Health Center 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Oviedo 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Industrial Road 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Iron Hill Brewery- Huntingdon Valley 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Avanti Wind Systems, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE WSW 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Bethany Inc 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ottawa Cooperative Association 42 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: 2017, 2016. 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.