Fiber optic connectors manufacturing · California

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West

National City, CA · ~16 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fiber optic connectors manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West: 6.7 TCR = 202% of Fiber optic connectors manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West safety composite

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−17.0

2018→2021

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West injury rate improved

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West's TCR fell 17.0 from 21.8 in 2018 to 4.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 21.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=21.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334417 · National City, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 202% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #28/29
  • PHOTO PCB Piezotronics Cry…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PCB Piezotronics Crystals Facilities (0.9 TCR gap)

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KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West averages 6.7 TCR (202% of the Fiber optic connectors manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West TCR series: 2018=21.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West falls in its industry

166 Fiber optic connectors manufac establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 29 Fiber optic connectors manufac employers in California.

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West (16 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 1.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West
KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West (16 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 1.6

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. West has fewer employees than the Fiber optic connectors manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 Fatalities
2021 4.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 21.8 10.9 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334417 · CA · National City

166 Fiber optic connectors manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 100 employers in National City, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR PCB Piezotronics Crystals Facilities 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riversde Electronics - Riverstar Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hexatronic Rochester Cable, Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amphenol RF 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE CANAL RANCH FARMS, INC. 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE ESPINOZA FLC 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAM G LABOR CONTRACTING 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE VF - Santa Maria 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paradise Valley Hospital 1,014 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA 789 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DSD3 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5023 489 FTE
NAT-TCR 368224-Wake Forest Po 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 113083-Fmy-6 Mile Cypress Carrier Anx 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Asheboro Office 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cumberland Dairy - Bridgeton, NJ 6.7 TCR

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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.