Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing · California

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc.

Name: HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Gardena, CA · ~73 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc.: 6.5 TCR = 198% of Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. safety composite

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
DART rate: F 11.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

Rising injury rate

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc.: 3.5 → 14.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 14.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.81× in 2018

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc.'s TCR rose 11.2 from 3.5 in 2016 to 14.7 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335991 · Gardena, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 198% of ind

DART 11.8 DART
RANK #8/10
PHOTO SGL Composites Inc.
BOOK 3y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SGL Composites Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Composite Appr

6.9
SGL Composites

6.6
This site

6.5
Electro-Tech M

6.3
SGL Carbon

6.3

What this shows HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. averages 6.5 TCR (198% of the Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=14.7 · BLS 3.3

Where HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. falls in its industry

93 Fibers, carbon and graphite, m establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade D

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 10 Fibers, carbon and graphite, m employers in California.

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. (73 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. has more employees than the Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2018	14.7	11.8	9	1
2017	1.3	1.3	0	1
2016	3.5	3.5	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335991 · CA · Gardena

93 Fibers, carbon and graphite, 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	SGL Composites Inc.	GARDENA, CA	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Electro-Tech Machining	LONG BEACH, CA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SGL Carbon	MOSES LAKE, WA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Composite Approach	REDMOND, OR	6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION	ARVIN	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	New Columbia	SHAFTER	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Main Location	HUGHSON	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	P-R Farms Inc/Palomate Inc	CLOVIS	73 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	Bangor (Meban)	Brewer, ME	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sulphur Springs (Txsul)	Sulphur Springs, TX	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Penske : 5208-00 Race Trac-DCC/Orlando, FL	Orlando, FL	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	LifeShare Blood Center - Beaumont	Beaumont, TX	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Performance Minnesota Production - 1036	Rice, MN	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	9000 State Road	Philadelphia, PA	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Corp Office	Cheektowaga, NY	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MWI Animal Health	Whitestown, IN	73 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.