Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing · California

Kova

Garden Grove, CA · ~26 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kova runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Kova: 0.5 TCR = 14% of Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kova safety composite

Kova scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

Kova held a steady TCR band

Kova's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325413 · Garden Grove, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 14% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/50
  • PHOTO bioMerieux Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: bioMerieux Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kova in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kova averages 0.5 TCR (14% of the Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kova TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Kova falls in its industry

201 Diagnostic substances, in-vitr establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

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 50 Diagnostic substances, in-vitr employers in California.

Kova (26 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4 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 02,0004,0006,000 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate Kova
Kova (26 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

Kova has fewer employees than the Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325413 · CA · Garden Grove

201 Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 145 employers in Garden Grove, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR bioMerieux Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermo Fisher Scientific 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR QuidelOrtho McKellar 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ortho Clinical Diagnostics CNP 130 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE HAULING & TRAILER SHOP 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seasholtz Co., LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Valley Vineyards 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Central Coast Vineyards 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southland Industries 6,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR City Hall 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Wolf Lodge 649 FTE
CITY-NEAR King Janitorial Equipment Services 645 FTE
NAT-TCR Plymouth 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Accu-Grind & Mfg Co Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialty Machine 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- St. Louis Facility 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corp 5720 Exec Drive 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Circle D Corporation Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tennessee Bottle Company, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dixie Plywood & lumber Co of Miami 26 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.