Photovoltaic cells manufacturing · Arizona

First Solar Mesa

Mesa, AZ · ~25 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Solar Mesa runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Photovoltaic cells manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

First Solar Mesa: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Photovoltaic cells manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Solar Mesa safety composite

First Solar Mesa scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

First Solar Mesa held a steady TCR band

First Solar Mesa's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.0 TCR.

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334413 · Mesa, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/22
  • PHOTO LTD Material LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LTD Material LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Solar Mesa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Solar Mesa averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Photovoltaic cells manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

First Solar Mesa TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where First Solar Mesa falls in its industry

437 Photovoltaic cells manufacturi establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 22 Photovoltaic cells manufacturi employers in Arizona.

First Solar Mesa (25 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate First Solar Mesa
First Solar Mesa (25 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9

First Solar Mesa has fewer employees than the Photovoltaic cells manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334413 · AZ · Mesa

437 Photovoltaic cells manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 565 employers in Mesa, 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 LTD Material LLC 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Reading Corporate Office 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Remote Sites 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR First Solar Tempe Office 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Camelot Nurseries, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cholla Livestock 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7892_18701 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arlington Valley, LLC 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR AZ001 4,193 FTE
CITY-NEAR AZAPW9668 AZA - RAMP PAX 3,181 FTE
CITY-NEAR 04-290370278-2 1,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Police Department H210 1,651 FTE
NAT-TCR Gap Inc. - Corporate 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn & Suites 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlanta - Phipps 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Meijer 208 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Beverage-Air Warehouse 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peoria S & S Pioneer 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE CSI Construction Sacramento 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nederman Manufacturing & Logistics LLC 25 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.