Ball bearings manufacturing · California

Micro Surface Engr., Inc.

Los Angeles, CA · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Micro Surface Engr., Inc. runs at 657% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ball bearings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Micro Surface Engr., Inc.: 21.7 TCR = 657% of Ball bearings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Micro Surface Engr., Inc. safety composite

Micro Surface Engr., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

−26.1

2022→2023

Micro Surface Engr., Inc. injury rate improved

Micro Surface Engr., Inc.'s TCR fell 26.1 from 34.8 in 2022 to 8.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 34.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=34.8 · 2023=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332991 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 21.7 · 657% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO RBC Plymouth
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RBC Plymouth (6.5 TCR gap)

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Micro Surface Engr., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Micro Surface Engr., Inc. averages 21.7 TCR (657% of the Ball bearings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Micro Surface Engr., Inc. TCR series: 2022=34.8 · 2023=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Micro Surface Engr., Inc. falls in its industry

125 Ball bearings manufacturing establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Ball bearings manufacturing employers in California.

Micro Surface Engr., Inc. (34 employees, TCR 21.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Micro Surface Engr., Inc.
Micro Surface Engr., Inc. (34 employees, TCR 21.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Micro Surface Engr., Inc. has fewer employees than the Ball bearings manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 8.6 5.8 3 0 0
2022 34.8 34.8 1 12 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332991 · CA · Los Angeles

125 Ball bearings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 2,064 employers in Los Angeles, 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 RBC Plymouth 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NSK Alliance 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ultra Defense Corp JC 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miyake Forging North America 12.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ardent Mills Yuba City 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Filice Farms, L.P. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alexander Ranch, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE MFarms 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. 50,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Los Angeles 40,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR LADWP 11,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 10,346 FTE
NAT-TCR Homewood Suites Gainesville FL 21.7 TCR
NAT-TCR GPP-Glickman 21.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Main House 21.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Andes Senior Living 21.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tecta Brockton 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Resnick Roofing & Contracting LLC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sauder Feeds, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Community Center 34 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.