Analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing · California

Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance

Torrance, CA · ~520 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance: 2.6 TCR = 80% of Analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance safety composite

Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−1.4

2016→2023

Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance injury rate improved

Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance's TCR fell 1.4 from 3.7 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.6 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · Torrance, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 80% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #39/51
  • PHOTO ELITechGroup Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~520 FTE

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

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Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance averages 2.6 TCR (80% of the Analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.6 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance falls in its industry

213 Analytical laboratory instrume establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 51 Analytical laboratory instrume employers in California.

Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance (520 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance
Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance (520 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Life Sciences : Phenomenex - Torrance has more employees than the Analytical laboratory instrument manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2023 2.3 2.0 11 0 0
2022 2.1 0.6 9 1 0
2018 2.6 1.7 10 2 0
2017 2.5 2.1 5 7 0
2016 3.7 3.5 10 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · CA · Torrance

213 Analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Torrance, 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 ELITechGroup Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mensor LP 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SP Industries, Inc. 935 Warminster 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR EMD Millipore 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 10 520 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 90 520 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 92 520 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 297 520 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 4,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Torrance Memorial Medical Center 3,808 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles 3,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 494 2,621 FTE
NAT-TCR A&D Environmental Services 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Continuecare Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mag 1 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Sheridan Press 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation 520 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mitchell Grocery Corporation 520 FTE
NAT-SIZE Textron Aviation - Independence 520 FTE
NAT-SIZE BNBuilders 520 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: 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.