Contractors, cut and sew apparel · California
Los Angeles Apparel
Los Angeles, CA · ~674 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Los Angeles Apparel runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Contractors, cut and sew apparel workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Los Angeles Apparel's OSHA Total Case Rate of 4.8 to the Contractors, cut and sew apparel BLS benchmark of 3.3 (147% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Los Angeles Apparel's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Los Angeles Apparel falls in its industry
93 Contractors, cut and sew appar establishmentsSafer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 17 Contractors, cut and sew appar employers in California.
Trend analysis for Los Angeles Apparel
Between 2017 and 2023, Los Angeles Apparel's Total Case Rate worsened from 0.9 to 5.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 583% increase across 6 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 0.9, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 6.8, a spread of 5.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, Los Angeles Apparel recorded 161 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 161 injuries, 8 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Los Angeles Apparel are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 315210 - Contractors, cut and sew apparel.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
13 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,852,045 hours worked = 1.40 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Apparel (this establishment) | 4.84 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Cut and sew apparel contractors industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 315210 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Los Angeles Apparel to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 55 reportable incidents · 55 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 76 reportable incidents · 74 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 20 reportable incidents · 17 injuries, 2 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 17 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 4 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.8 | 2.4 | 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Los Angeles Apparel's reported OSHA injury record versus its Contractors, cut and sew apparel peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 147% of the Contractors, cut and sew apparel benchmark, Los Angeles Apparel reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Contractors, cut and sew apparel sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.