Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing · California

Element Biosciences

San Diego, CA · ~311 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Element Biosciences runs at 449% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Element Biosciences: 14.8 TCR = 449% of Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Element Biosciences safety composite

Element Biosciences 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−33.2

2022→2024

Element Biosciences injury rate improved

Element Biosciences's TCR fell 33.2 from 33.5 in 2022 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 33.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=33.5 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 14.8 · 449% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #51/51
  • PHOTO METER Group Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~311 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: METER Group Inc (5.1 TCR gap)

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Element Biosciences in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Element Biosciences averages 14.8 TCR (449% of the Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Element Biosciences TCR series: 2022=33.5 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Element Biosciences falls in its industry

213 Laboratory analytical instrume establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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

Element Biosciences (311 employees, TCR 14.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Element Biosciences
Element Biosciences (311 employees, TCR 14.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Element Biosciences 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
2024 0.3 0.3 0 1 0
2023 10.6 9.9 2 30 0
2022 33.5 32.7 2 77 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · CA · San Diego

213 Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, 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 METER Group Inc 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quantachrome Corporation 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. SCN 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Percival Scientific Inc. 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Construction 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valdez Painting, Inc. 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2636-CALIFORNIA.OFFSITE NON-BAY AREA 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE 72028 311 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Snyder Village 14.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Daaquam Lumber Maine Inc. 14.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - KRB6 14.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Clegg's Nursery LLC #4 14.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Edwards Interiors 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Steel & Wire 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northgate 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Little Rock Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware 311 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, 2023, 2022. 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.