Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers · California
Miles Chemical Company - Arleta
Arleta, CA · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Miles Chemical Company - Arleta runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Miles Chemical Company - Arleta: 3.6 TCR = 163% of Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Miles Chemical Company - Arleta safety composite
Miles Chemical Company - Arleta scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Miles Chemical Company - Arleta: 3.1 → 6.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.71× in 2024
Miles Chemical Company - Arleta's TCR rose 3.0 from 3.1 in 2022 to 6.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Arleta, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 163% of ind
- DART 6.1 DART
- RANK #53/71
- PHOTO Arnold
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Arnold (0.0 TCR gap)
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Miles Chemical Company - Arleta in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Miles Chemical Company - Arleta
3.6 TCR
- Arnold
Arnold
3.6 TCR
- National Refri
National Refrigerants Inc.
3.6 TCR
- Colonial Chemi
Colonial Chemical Solutions, Atlanta
3.6 TCR
- Brookfield Lin
Brookfield Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.
3.6 TCR
What this shows Miles Chemical Company - Arleta averages 3.6 TCR (163% of the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Miles Chemical Company - Arleta TCR series: 2022=3.1 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 2.2
Where Miles Chemical Company - Arleta falls in its industry
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 71 Chemicals (except agriculture) employers in California.
Miles Chemical Company - Arleta has more employees than the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., au median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · CA · Arleta
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 10 employers in Arleta, 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 | Arnold | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | National Refrigerants Inc. | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Colonial Chemical Solutions, Atlanta | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brookfield Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | VF - Lodi | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Valley Ventures, Inc. | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Goossen Farms Inc | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NGW, LLC | 63 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | el super #12 Arleta | 103 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vallarta Supermarkets #26 | 94 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 704-00309 | 78 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Miles Arleta | 58 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Star Lumber Truss Wichita | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Seattle Department of Transportation | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2229 - St Paul Midway | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Steiner Kelting | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Newport Meat of Nevada | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spradley Chevrolet Inc. | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Residence at Parkridge LLC | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DB2 Services Inc | 63 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.