Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing · California

Michael Nicholas Designs

Fullerton, CA · ~365 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michael Nicholas Designs runs at 663% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Michael Nicholas Designs: 21.9 TCR = 663% of Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michael Nicholas Designs safety composite

Michael Nicholas Designs scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

Safer than 0% 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

−13.2

2017→2024

Michael Nicholas Designs injury rate improved

Michael Nicholas Designs's TCR fell 13.2 from 18.4 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 45.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.4 · 2018=29.6 · 2020=45.1 · 2021=20.4 · 2022=23.6 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337121 · Fullerton, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 21.9 · 663% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #21/22
  • PHOTO O.W. Lee Co. Inc
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 272 inj
  • SIZE ~365 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: O.W. Lee Co. Inc (1.5 TCR gap)

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Michael Nicholas Designs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michael Nicholas Designs averages 21.9 TCR (663% of the Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Michael Nicholas Designs TCR series: 2017=18.4 · 2018=29.6 · 2020=45.1 · 2021=20.4 · 2022=23.6 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Michael Nicholas Designs falls in its industry

300 Sofas, upholstered, manufactur establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 22 Sofas, upholstered, manufactur employers in California.

Michael Nicholas Designs (365 employees, TCR 21.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Michael Nicholas Designs
Michael Nicholas Designs (365 employees, TCR 21.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Michael Nicholas Designs has more employees than the Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 5.2 1.8 19 1 0
2023 10.7 6.0 35 10 0
2022 23.6 10.8 49 10 0
2021 20.4 11.5 55 30 0
2020 45.1 37.6 54 122 2
2018 29.6 27.2 37 0 0
2017 18.4 18.4 23 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337121 · CA · Fullerton

300 Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 167 employers in Fullerton, 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 O.W. Lee Co. Inc 23.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Croft House 24.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MBH - Vernon, CA 18.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ashley Furniture Industries 26.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE OLD TOWN HARVESTING, INC 365 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Excelsior Farming, LLC 365 FTE
STATE-SIZE SACRAMENTO CALL CENTER 365 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheehan Construction 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA692 ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER HR 2,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR SASCO 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Fullerton 692 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fullerton / Orange 636 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0096 Oro Valley 21.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Home Services 21.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CK DIST-Omaha 21.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Auto Parts & Salvage Co Inc 21.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE MSA Safety Pittsburgh Manufacturing, LLC - Murrysville 365 FTE
NAT-SIZE 015 - Ben Davis High School 365 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quirk Chevrolet Buick VW, NH 365 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin Baking Company, LLC 365 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.