Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing · California

Dytran Instruments, Inc.

Name: Dytran Instruments, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chatsworth, CA · ~158 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dytran Instruments, Inc. runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Dytran Instruments, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 69% of Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dytran Instruments, Inc. safety composite

Dytran Instruments, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Dytran Instruments, Inc.: 1.4 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2022

Dytran Instruments, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.9 from 1.4 in 2020 to 3.2 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · Chatsworth, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 69% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #36/51
PHOTO Advanced Instruments…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Instruments- Westbrook (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Dytran Instruments, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (69% of the Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dytran Instruments, Inc. TCR series: 2020=1.4 · 2022=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Dytran Instruments, Inc. falls in its industry

213 Laboratory analytical instrume establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 51 Laboratory analytical instrume employers in California.

Dytran Instruments, Inc. (158 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Dytran Instruments, Inc. has more employees than the Laboratory analytical instruments (excep median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2022	3.2	2.6	4	1	0
2020	1.4	0.7	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · CA · Chatsworth

213 Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 132 employers in Chatsworth, 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	Advanced Instruments- Westbrook	WESTBROOK, MA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Elemental Scientific Lasers LLC	BOZEMAN, MT	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Radiometer	CARLSBAD, CA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hanna Instruments	WOONSOCKET, RI	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	JAIME ZEPEDA LABOR CONTRACTING, INC.	THERMAL	158 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GULL ISLAND FARMS	OXNARD	158 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lodi Farming, Inc.	STOCKTON	158 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Valle Verde FLC	MC FARLAND	158 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Thibiant International	Chatsworth	666 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AMZL : DLA4	Chatsworth	620 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Noble House Home Furnishings	Chatsworth	562 FTE
CITY-NEAR	kdc/ one	Chatsworth	540 FTE
NAT-TCR	44919 - Ft. Myers Fac.	Ft. Myers, FL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wegmans Erie Ridge Road 069	Erie, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fox Ford	Grand Rapids, MI	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bed Bath and Beyond East Northport	East Northport, NY	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	BluSky - Centennial (Corporate)	Centennial, CO	158 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6458-ZATH	Athens, GA	158 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LHS Corporate Office and Warren County Service Center	Bowling Green, KY	158 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cottingham Operations Llc	Cincinnati, OH	158 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: 2022, 2020. 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.