Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manufacturing · California

Gordon Labs

Carson, CA · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gordon Labs runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Gordon Labs: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gordon Labs safety composite

Gordon Labs scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

Gordon Labs: 1.3 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.39× in 2022

Gordon Labs's TCR rose 1.7 from 1.3 in 2021 to 3.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325620 · Carson, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #8/38
  • PHOTO Gilchrist and Soames…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gilchrist and Soames-Plainfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gordon Labs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gordon Labs averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Gordon Labs TCR series: 2021=1.3 · 2022=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Gordon Labs falls in its industry

260 Cosmetic creams, lotions, and establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

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 38 Cosmetic creams, lotions, and employers in California.

Gordon Labs (69 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gordon Labs
Gordon Labs (69 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Gordon Labs has fewer employees than the Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manuf median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2022 3.0 3.0 3 0 0
2021 1.3 1.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325620 · CA · Carson

260 Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in Carson, 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 Gilchrist and Soames-Plainfield 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robertet Frangrances 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR kdc/ one Sunburst 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fareva Morton Grove Inc 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Woolf Enterprises 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Terranova Ranch, Inc 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rayo Shop 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Harvesting | Citrus Harvesting 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centric Parts (PEO) - Carson 1,190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Refinery Carson 1,083 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMPAM Parks Mechanical 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Carson 755 FTE
NAT-TCR Meramec Adventure Learning Ranch 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PSSI - 0424 National Beef Packing Company LLC - Liberal 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 2904-SAS-MT 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago Heights 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Red Oak) 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE GoodFibers, LLC 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Romulus Mi 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Renaissance (Fka Crowne Plaza) Bloomington 69 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: 2022, 2021. 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.