Dental laboratories · California

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL

Name: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Irvine, CA · ~842 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dental laboratories workplace, earning a grade B.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Dental laboratories BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL safety composite

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−0.8

2017→2020

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL injury rate improved

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.9 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.9 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339116 · Irvine, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #14/21
PHOTO 00130 - Rochester Te…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 72 inj
SIZE ~842 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 00130 - Rochester Technical Group (0.0 TCR gap)

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NDX GREEN LABO

2.6
This site

2.5
00130 - Roches

2.5
Dental Crafter

2.5
Fenton-Mae Lab

2.5

What this shows James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the Dental laboratories BLS benchmark).

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL TCR series: 2017=2.9 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL falls in its industry

184 Dental laboratories establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 21 Dental laboratories employers in California.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL (842 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - BDL has more employees than the Dental laboratories median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2020	2.1	1.8	14	1
2019	2.9	2.2	22	3
2018	2.2	1.7	16	2
2017	2.9	2.3	20	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339116 · CA · Irvine

184 Dental laboratories employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 622 employers in Irvine, 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	00130 - Rochester Technical Group	ROCHESTER, NY	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dental Crafters, Inc.	MARSHFIELD, WI	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fenton-Mae Lab	FENTON, MO	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NDX GREEN LABORATORIES	HEBER SPRINGS, AR	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WM 6026	RED BLUFF	842 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Raytheon_Goleta_CA_RVS	GOLETA	843 FTE
STATE-SIZE	VF Outdoors	VISALIA	843 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Central Valley Meat Company	HANFORD	844 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Irvine	Irvine	16,029 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CA-10	Irvine	4,926 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Edwards Lifesciences	Irvine	4,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Johnson and Johnson MDD CSS Irvine	Irvine	3,775 FTE
NAT-TCR	SCSII, AJV Company	Dunn, NC	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Monrovia	Dayton, OR	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	McCauley Bros. Inc.	Versailles, KY	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	C. J. Coakley Co., Inc.	Falls Church, VA	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kforce Inc.	Tampa, FL	842 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2964-H0001	Plano, TX	842 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NWTL	Patuxent River, MD	842 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Community Healthlink	Worcester, MA	842 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: 2020, 2019, 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.