Dental laboratories · California

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL

Name: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Newport Beach, CA · ~1,053 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dental laboratories workplace, earning a grade B.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Dental laboratories BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL safety composite

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−0.6

2017→2020

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL injury rate improved

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.8 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339116 · Newport Beach, CA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #9/21
PHOTO DSG DRESCH
BOOK 4y book
INJ 73 inj
SIZE ~1,053 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DSG DRESCH (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.1
DSG DRESCH

2.1
NDX Lords

2.1
OBDL Corvallis

2.1
New Image Dent

2.1

What this shows James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Dental laboratories BLS benchmark).

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.3 · BLS 3.3

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

184 Dental laboratories establishments

Safer than 65% 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 #9 safest of 21 Dental laboratories employers in California.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL (1,053 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - GDL 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	2.3	1.7	15	4
2019	1.4	1.3	14	1
2018	1.8	1.1	18	2
2017	2.8	1.6	26	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339116 · CA · Newport Beach

184 Dental laboratories employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 106 employers in Newport Beach, 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	DSG DRESCH	SYLVANIA, OH	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NDX Lords	DEPERE, WI	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OBDL Corvallis	CORVALLIS, OR	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	New Image Dental Laboratory Inc.	MORROW, GA	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	2005 - Downey	DOWNEY	1,052 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2032-08181701	ONTARIO	1,054 FTE
STATE-SIZE	806 - EFC2 San Bernardino, CA	SAN BERNARDINO	1,055 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ELSGCAHU - AT&T Services, Inc.	EL SEGUNDO	1,051 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian	Newport Beach	8,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hoag Hospital	Newport Beach	5,115 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian - Irvine	Newport Beach	2,615 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Irvine Company Resorts Division	Newport Beach	2,175 FTE
NAT-TCR	Administrative Services	Asheville, NC	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	GYRUS ACMI, INC. Olympus Surgical Technologies	Norwalk, OH	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Great Dane Trailers Vans Division	Danville, PA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	BK Tech	West Melbourne, FL	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	6925-MCO	Orlando, FL	1,053 FTE
NAT-SIZE	9277-100 Vail Mtn	Vail, CO	1,053 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - TEB6	Cranbury Township, NJ	1,053 FTE
NAT-SIZE	South Pointe Hospital	Warrensville Hts, OH	1,053 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.