Switchgear and switchgear accessories manufacturing · California

Gardena - MPES

Name: Gardena - MPES Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Gardena, CA · ~56 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gardena - MPES runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Switchgear and switchgear accessories manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Gardena - MPES: 4.8 TCR = 147% of Switchgear and switchgear accessories manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gardena - MPES safety composite

Gardena - MPES scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Gardena - MPES held a steady TCR band

Gardena - MPES's TCR held near 0.0 from 4.8 in 2022 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.8 · 2023=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335313 · Gardena, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 147% of ind

DART 3.2 DART
RANK #13/16
PHOTO Royal Switchgear Man…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Royal Switchgear Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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HANOVER SAT MD

5
Royal Switchge

4.9
This site

4.8
Greensburg - 2

4.8
The Durham Com

4.6

What this shows Gardena - MPES averages 4.8 TCR (147% of the Switchgear and switchgear accessories manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Gardena - MPES TCR series: 2022=4.8 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Gardena - MPES falls in its industry

226 Switchgear and switchgear acce establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 16 Switchgear and switchgear acce employers in California.

Gardena - MPES (56 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Gardena - MPES has fewer employees than the Switchgear and switchgear accessories ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2023	4.8	3.2	3	0	0
2022	4.8	3.2	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335313 · CA · Gardena

226 Switchgear and switchgear accessories manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 223 employers in Gardena, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Royal Switchgear Manufacturing	BESSEMER, AL	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Greensburg - 231 Theobold Avenue	GREENSBURG, PA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HANOVER SAT MD	HANOVER, MD	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Durham Company Houston	HOUSTON, MO	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Wallace Brothers	SUTTER	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	New Sun Farms, Inc	SANTA MARIA	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1624 Poole Blvd., Yuba City, CA 95993	YUBA CITY	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Copperhill	SANTA ROSA	56 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 602	Gardena	2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ono-030	Gardena	909 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GARDENA HUB (CAGAR)	Gardena	809 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CAGAR - GARDENA HUB	Gardena	794 FTE
NAT-TCR	Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital	Temple, TX	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fargo CE	Fargo, ND	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Beyer Studio, Inc.	Philadelphia, PA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	First Student - Woodburn	Woodburn, OR	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Vintage Wine Distributor Columbus	Columbus, OH	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southern Hobby Distribution-NSH	Nashville, TN	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gregory Poole Lift Systems- Chesapeake	Chesapeake, VA	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Centerlight Healthcare Wallerstein	Bronx, NY	56 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.