Wheelchairs manufacturing · California
Freedom Designs
Simi Valley, CA · ~108 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Freedom Designs runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Wheelchairs manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Freedom Designs: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Wheelchairs manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Freedom Designs safety composite
Freedom Designs 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.36 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
Freedom Designs: 3.3 → 5.2 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2021
Freedom Designs's TCR rose 2.0 from 3.3 in 2020 to 5.2 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339113 · Simi Valley, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind
- DART 4.4 DART
- RANK #50/65
- PHOTO Spinal Elements, Inc.
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~108 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Spinal Elements, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Freedom Designs in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Freedom Designs
4.3 TCR
- CA- Medical De
CA- Medical Depot, Inc
4.3 TCR
- Spinal Element
Spinal Elements, Inc.
4.2 TCR
- Pedigo Product
Pedigo Products Inc
4.2 TCR
- DePuy Synthes
DePuy Synthes Monument 1051 Synthes
4.2 TCR
What this shows Freedom Designs averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Wheelchairs manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Freedom Designs TCR series: 2020=3.3 · 2021=5.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Freedom Designs falls in its industry
555 Wheelchairs manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 65 Wheelchairs manufacturing employers in California.
Freedom Designs has fewer employees than the Wheelchairs manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339113 · CA · Simi Valley
555 Wheelchairs manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 139 employers in Simi Valley, 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 | Spinal Elements, Inc. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pedigo Products Inc | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DePuy Synthes Monument 1051 Synthes | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CA- Medical Depot, Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Jazmine Ag Labor Services, Inc | 108 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harris Farms Inc | 108 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Superior Cattle Feeders, LLC | 108 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rainbow Farms | 108 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Meggitt Safety Systems, Inc. | 563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 9292-AHSV001 - HOSPITAL | 555 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Simi Valley | 520 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Milgard Manufacturing Simi Valley CA | 511 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Subaru of America, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maldonado Nursery and Landscaping | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amalie Oil Company Tampa | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vaway - Waynesboro | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Manor Care Nursing & Rehab Center Naples | 108 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Berger Engineering Company | 108 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Branch 1 | 108 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Juniper | 108 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.