Surgical supplies (except medical instruments) manufacturing · California
Freudenberg Medical
Carpinteria, CA · ~184 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Freudenberg Medical runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Surgical supplies (except medical instruments) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Freudenberg Medical: 3.6 TCR = 109% of Surgical supplies (except medical instruments) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Freudenberg Medical safety composite
Freudenberg Medical scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
−0.5
2021→2024
Freudenberg Medical injury rate improved
Freudenberg Medical's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.4 in 2021 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=4.4 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339113 · Carpinteria, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 109% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #46/65
- PHOTO MAC Medical, Inc.
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~184 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MAC Medical, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Freudenberg Medical in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Freudenberg Medical
3.6 TCR
- MAC Medical, I
MAC Medical, Inc.
3.6 TCR
- Polyzen LLC
Polyzen LLC
3.6 TCR
- Townsend Desig
Townsend Design-Bakersfield
3.6 TCR
- Alps South LLC
Alps South LLC
3.6 TCR
What this shows Freudenberg Medical averages 3.6 TCR (109% of the Surgical supplies (except medical instruments) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Freudenberg Medical TCR series: 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Freudenberg Medical falls in its industry
555 Surgical supplies (except medi establishmentsSafer than 28% 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 #46 safest of 65 Surgical supplies (except medi employers in California.
Freudenberg Medical has more employees than the Surgical supplies (except medical instru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339113 · CA · Carpinteria
555 Surgical supplies (except medical instruments) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 45 employers in Carpinteria, 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 | MAC Medical, Inc. | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Polyzen LLC | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Townsend Design-Bakersfield | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alps South LLC | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PEREGRINA INC. | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Steele Valley | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UFP Thornton llc. | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Abel Brenes Aparicio | 184 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 166 | 661 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LinkedIn Carpinteria | 454 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Coastal Blooms Nursery, LLC | 326 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NuSil Technology, Carpinteria | 322 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 8010156 Plastipak Packaging Champaign | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | State of Indiana - Department of Child Services - Knox | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CS Manufacturing | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Sublette | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Eugene EWP | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Blue Star Growers | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PAM Rehab of Beaumont | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Partners In Progress, Inc | 184 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.