Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade · California

Embee Processing

Santa Ana, CA · ~352 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Embee Processing runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Embee Processing: 1.1 TCR = 32% of Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Embee Processing safety composite

Embee Processing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.5

2018→2024

Embee Processing injury rate improved

Embee Processing's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.5 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Santa Ana, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/74
  • PHOTO Houston Plating Comp…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~352 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Houston Plating Company - South Houston (0.0 TCR gap)

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Embee Processing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Embee Processing averages 1.1 TCR (32% of the Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Embee Processing TCR series: 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Embee Processing falls in its industry

585 Chrome plating metals and meta establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 74 Chrome plating metals and meta employers in California.

Embee Processing (352 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Embee Processing
Embee Processing (352 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Embee Processing has more employees than the Chrome plating metals and metal products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2019 3.3 3.0 13 0 0
2018 2.5 0.5 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · CA · Santa Ana

585 Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade 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 Houston Plating Company - South Houston 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak Mitsui Camden 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SRG Global- Ripley 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE McClarty Farms 352 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bumble Bee Foods 352 FTE
STATE-SIZE General Atomics - Poway - A20 352 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coachella 352 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 Empowerment Partners 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR WPS dba HONDA OF COLUMBIA 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1100 Lousiana 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Luttrell Engraving Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1767 - Ankeny 352 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omni Louisville Hotel 352 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jasper Seating Company Plant 15 352 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sheetz Distribution Services (Burlington, NC) 352 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.