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James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144

Name: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Irvine, CA · ~91 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dental laboratories workplace, earning a grade A.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Dental laboratories BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 safety composite

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−2.3

2017→2020

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 injury rate improved

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.3 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #7/21
PHOTO NDX Thoele
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NDX Thoele (0.0 TCR gap)

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00235 - Ward

1.5
This site

1.4
NDX Thoele

1.4
NATIONAL DENTE

1.4
Creodent Prost

1.3

What this shows James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Dental laboratories BLS benchmark).

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 falls in its industry

184 Dental laboratories establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 21 Dental laboratories employers in California.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 (91 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 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	0.0	0.0	0
2019	1.1	1.1	1
2018	2.1	2.1	2
2017	2.3	2.3	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	NDX Thoele	WAITE PARK, MN	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NATIONAL DENTEX CORPORATE OFFICE	JUPITER, FL	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Creodent Prosthetics Ltd.	NEW YORK, NY	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	00235 - Ward	BRIGHTON, MI	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CDK Agriculture, Inc.	OXNARD	91 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Belridge	SHAFTER	91 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Micro Paradox	PLEASANT GROVE	91 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CFS, LP.	KINGSBURG	91 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	AWC, Baton Rouge Electrical Division	Baton Rouge, LA	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	BASF Elyria	Elyria, OH	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cs2 - Community Services, Employment & Training	Tucson, AZ	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Grayslake Community High School #127	Grayslake, IL	1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	RIT Warehouse	Cumberland, RI	91 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Main	Aurora, OH	91 FTE
NAT-SIZE	OEM Tube Assemblies	Clarksville, TN	91 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metal Design Systems, inc.	Cedar Rapids, IA	91 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.