Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, silicon), manufacturing · California

Kyocera SLD Laser Inc.

Goleta, CA · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kyocera SLD Laser Inc. runs at 282% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, silicon), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kyocera SLD Laser Inc.: 9.3 TCR = 282% of Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, silicon), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kyocera SLD Laser Inc. safety composite

Kyocera SLD Laser Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 27.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kyocera SLD Laser Inc.: 0.0 → 27.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 27.9 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2024

Kyocera SLD Laser Inc.'s TCR rose 27.9 from 0.0 in 2022 to 27.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334413 · Goleta, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 282% of ind

  • DART 27.9 DART
  • RANK #127/128
  • PHOTO Cinch Connectors
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cinch Connectors (0.5 TCR gap)

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Kyocera SLD Laser Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kyocera SLD Laser Inc. averages 9.3 TCR (282% of the Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, silicon), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kyocera SLD Laser Inc. TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=27.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Kyocera SLD Laser Inc. falls in its industry

437 Diodes, solid-state (e.g., ger establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #127 safest of 128 Diodes, solid-state (e.g., ger employers in California.

Kyocera SLD Laser Inc. (25 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Kyocera SLD Laser Inc.
Kyocera SLD Laser Inc. (25 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9

Kyocera SLD Laser Inc. has fewer employees than the Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, si median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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 27.9 27.9 0 7 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334413 · CA · Goleta

437 Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, silicon), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 98 employers in Goleta, 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 Cinch Connectors 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wolfspeed, Inc. - Farmers Branch, TX 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thinfilm Electronics 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Muto Technology 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Goleta_CA_RVS 843 FTE
CITY-NEAR Teledyne FLIR, Goleta 555 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Goleta_CA_EW 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Apeel Technology, Inc. 375 FTE
NAT-TCR Lipari Foods - B1 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Salem. OR - 563 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PAL Wenatchee LLC 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN5 9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE L!VE Technologies 3DX 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clark Specialty Co., Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE SCM Trucking 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5324-Timberline Disposal 25 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. 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.