Dental laboratories · California

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - FEDEX

Name: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - FEDEX Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Irvine, CA · ~175 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 - FEDEX runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dental laboratories workplace, earning a grade B.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - FEDEX: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Dental laboratories BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - FEDEX safety composite

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - FEDEX scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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 - FEDEX injury rate improved

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - FEDEX's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.8 in 2017 to 1.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.8 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

DART 1.0 DART
RANK #13/21
PHOTO Tulsa Lab
BOOK 4y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~175 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tulsa Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
Tulsa Lab

2.5
ADL Dental Lab

2.5
00130 - Roches

2.5
Dental Crafter

2.5

What this shows James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - FEDEX averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Dental laboratories BLS benchmark).

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - FEDEX TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=1 · BLS 3.3

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

184 Dental laboratories establishments

Safer than 53% 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 #13 safest of 21 Dental laboratories employers in California.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - FEDEX (175 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 - FEDEX 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
2020	1.0	1.0	2
2019	0.8	0.8	2
2018	6.3	4.2	9
2017	1.8	0.9	2

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	Tulsa Lab	TULSA, OK	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ADL Dental Lab	LOUISEVILLE, KY	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	00130 - Rochester Technical Group	ROCHESTER, NY	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dental Crafters, Inc.	MARSHFIELD, WI	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SANTA BARBARA FARMS, LLC	LOMPOC	175 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bradcon LLC dba: Bradley Concrete	MILPITAS	175 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Syserco, Inc.	FREMONT	175 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CCI:CC023 - CC023 -McClellan Park, CA	MCCLELLAN	175 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	ESAB Group - Hanover	Hanover, PA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hoilday Inn Express	Rensselaer, NY	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Health First Medical Group	Melbourne, FL	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Strongwell_Chatfield	Chatfield, MN	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Heart Utilities of Jax Inc	Jacksonville, FL	175 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mercy Hospital - Fore River	Portland, ME	175 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jeffco Health Services, Inc.	Brookville, PA	175 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cheshire House	Waterbury, CT	175 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.