Thin layer deposition equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing · California

Intevac Santa Clara

Santa Clara, CA · ~195 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Intevac Santa Clara runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Thin layer deposition equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Intevac Santa Clara: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Thin layer deposition equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Intevac Santa Clara safety composite

Intevac Santa Clara scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−1.0

2017→2018

Intevac Santa Clara injury rate improved

Intevac Santa Clara's TCR fell 1.0 from 3.1 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.1 · 2018=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333242 · Santa Clara, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #25/32
  • PHOTO PVA TePla America, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~195 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PVA TePla America, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Intevac Santa Clara in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Intevac Santa Clara averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Thin layer deposition equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Intevac Santa Clara TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2018=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Intevac Santa Clara falls in its industry

133 Thin layer deposition equipmen establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 32 Thin layer deposition equipmen employers in California.

Intevac Santa Clara (195 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 01,0002,0003,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Intevac Santa Clara
Intevac Santa Clara (195 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Intevac Santa Clara has more employees than the Thin layer deposition equipment, semicon median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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 Fatalities
2018 2.0 2.0 4 0 0
2017 3.1 2.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333242 · CA · Santa Clara

133 Thin layer deposition equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Santa Clara, 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 PVA TePla America, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR EMCom Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Talon - Sauk Rapids 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Operations- Ventura 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE TekWorks, Inc 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE 730-PL001 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE OXNARD CA PLANT (BBL) 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPI-Anderson Sawmill 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mission Campus 6,222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pure Storage 5,595 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02120751 3,887 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02620751 3,154 FTE
NAT-TCR FedEx Supply Chain 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR First Choice Medical Staffing 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Boston Health Care For The Homeless Program JYP 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Devon Energy Corporation - Cresson 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE R+L Carriers - KAN 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holland - KC 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Middleburg Heights Oh (Ohmht) 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salem (Orsal) 195 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. 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.