Electrical signs manufacturing · California

DSA Phototech

Carson, CA · ~48 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DSA Phototech runs at 468% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electrical signs manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

DSA Phototech: 15.4 TCR = 468% of Electrical signs manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DSA Phototech safety composite

DSA Phototech scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−16.5

2017→2020

DSA Phototech injury rate improved

DSA Phototech's TCR fell 16.5 from 20.9 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 20.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=20.9 · 2018=19.7 · 2019=16.9 · 2020=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339950 · Carson, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.4 · 468% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #26/26
  • PHOTO Service Neon Signs I…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Service Neon Signs Inc. (1.6 TCR gap)

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DSA Phototech in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DSA Phototech averages 15.4 TCR (468% of the Electrical signs manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

DSA Phototech TCR series: 2017=20.9 · 2018=19.7 · 2019=16.9 · 2020=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where DSA Phototech falls in its industry

405 Electrical signs manufacturing establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 26 Electrical signs manufacturing employers in California.

DSA Phototech (48 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate DSA Phototech
DSA Phototech (48 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5

DSA Phototech has fewer employees than the Electrical signs manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2020 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2019 16.9 16.9 6 0 0
2018 19.7 19.7 7 0 0
2017 20.9 20.9 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339950 · CA · Carson

405 Electrical signs manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in Carson, 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 Service Neon Signs Inc. 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sign Shop 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Image National, Inc. 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pride Neon, Inc 12.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE ARVIN PRODUCTION & ADMIN 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rava Business Park 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Guerrero Transportation & Contracting Inc 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE VPS, Inc 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centric Parts (PEO) - Carson 1,190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Refinery Carson 1,083 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMPAM Parks Mechanical 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Carson 755 FTE
NAT-TCR Bickford of Aurora 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bessler U Pull & Save 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR HS035 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Installation Group LLC 15.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lafayette Elementary School 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE HIE - Hampton Inn Eastwood 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE DUN - The Dunhill Hotel 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spee-Dee Delivery Service, Inc. - Mankato 48 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, 2018, 2017. 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.