Dental laboratories · California

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK

Name: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Irvine, CA · ~728 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dental laboratories workplace, earning a grade A.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Dental laboratories BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK safety composite

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK held a steady TCR band

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.2 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.2 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK #6/21
PHOTO Burbank Dental Lab.
BOOK 4y book
INJ 30 inj
SIZE ~728 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Burbank Dental Lab. (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
Ottawa Dental

1.3
Burbank Dental

1.2
Bruce Henry Pr

1.2
NDX Perry and

1.2

What this shows James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Dental laboratories BLS benchmark).

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK TCR series: 2017=1.2 · 2018=1 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=0.9 · BLS 3.3

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

184 Dental laboratories establishments

Safer than 81% 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 #6 safest of 21 Dental laboratories employers in California.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK (728 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK 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	0.9	0.3	4	1
2019	1.9	1.5	12	2
2018	1.0	0.7	6	2
2017	1.2	0.5	8	1

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	Burbank Dental Lab.	BURBANK, CA	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bruce Henry Properties Greenville LLC	GREENVILLE, SC	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NDX Perry and Young	AURORA, CO	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr	OTTAWA, IL	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	6561	COLTON	728 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LSG Sky Chefs	LOS ANGELES	728 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Golden State Farm Labor Contracting Inc	SHAFTER	729 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mettler Toledo Rainin, LLC	OAKLAND	727 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	Hft #10	Paragould, AR	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meijer store 70	Woodhaven, MI	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	One Source Manufacturing	Leander, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pratt (Target Container), Inc.	Walton, KY	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Louisville Foil Plant	Louisville, KY	728 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Children's Medical Group	Norfolk, VA	728 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Massachusetts Sportservice, Inc.	Boston, MA	728 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6925-BOS	Boston, MA	728 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.