Perlite aggregates manufacturing · California

Impact Absorbents, Inc.

Atascadero, CA · ~31 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Impact Absorbents, Inc. runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Perlite aggregates manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Impact Absorbents, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Perlite aggregates manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Impact Absorbents, Inc. safety composite

Impact Absorbents, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.88 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2018→2024

Impact Absorbents, Inc. injury rate improved

Impact Absorbents, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.7 from 4.6 in 2018 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.6 · 2019=4.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327992 · Atascadero, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO TMS Portage
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TMS Portage (0.0 TCR gap)

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Impact Absorbents, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Impact Absorbents, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Perlite aggregates manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Impact Absorbents, Inc. TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2019=4.1 · 2021=0 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Impact Absorbents, Inc. falls in its industry

97 Perlite aggregates manufacturi establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Perlite aggregates manufacturi employers in California.

Impact Absorbents, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Impact Absorbents, Inc.
Impact Absorbents, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Impact Absorbents, Inc. has fewer employees than the Perlite aggregates manufacturing 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
2024 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2018 4.6 4.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327992 · CA · Atascadero

97 Perlite aggregates manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 42 employers in Atascadero, 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 TMS Portage 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shasta Services, LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TMS Girard 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Airnov Health Care Packaging 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero 1,973 FTE
CITY-NEAR DSH-Atascadero 1,879 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rokstad Power Inc. 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR SWY-0029-0029-02314 FAC-02314-ATASCADERO-CA 123 FTE
NAT-TCR Newington Services, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lower Valley Hospital Association dba Family Health West 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Wolfe County Head Start 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Princess Anne Hatchery 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Machining Concepts Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chapin SpreaderDivision 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE BK Electric LLC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Physicians East-Kinston 31 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: 2024, 2021, 2019, 2018. 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.