Essential oils manufacturing · California

Molecule Labs, Inc.

Benicia, CA · ~182 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Molecule Labs, Inc. runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Essential oils manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Molecule Labs, Inc.: 6.0 TCR = 183% of Essential oils manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Molecule Labs, Inc. safety composite

Molecule Labs, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Molecule Labs, Inc.: 4.9 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2018

Molecule Labs, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.3 from 4.9 in 2017 to 7.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Benicia, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 183% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #15/18
  • PHOTO Missouri (Plant 2)
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~182 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Missouri (Plant 2) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Molecule Labs, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Molecule Labs, Inc. averages 6.0 TCR (183% of the Essential oils manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Molecule Labs, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.9 · 2018=7.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Molecule Labs, Inc. falls in its industry

485 Essential oils manufacturing establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 18 Essential oils manufacturing employers in California.

Molecule Labs, Inc. (182 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Molecule Labs, Inc.
Molecule Labs, Inc. (182 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Molecule Labs, Inc. has more employees than the Essential oils manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2018 7.2 6.8 19 0 0
2017 4.9 4.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · CA · Benicia

485 Essential oils manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 91 employers in Benicia, 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 Missouri (Plant 2) 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwin Livonia 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7544 - ID-FS-IDAHO - FS 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ChemTreat Eldridge IA 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE ATI Ag Services, LLC 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE WESTERN WTR DIST HDQ 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thorpe Design Inc 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turlock South Processing Plant 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 484 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 111 2,859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bio-Rad Laboratories Benicia Campus 649 FTE
CITY-NEAR Underground Construction - Main 625 FTE
NAT-TCR Plano SNF Operations, LLC D/B/A Accel at Willowbend 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wood Creek Apartments 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Carolina Container Company Louisville 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mesa Springs Behavioral Health Hospital 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE NAPP Reading 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salina (Kssal) 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fayette (Gafay) 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oneida Healthcare ECF 182 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: 2018, 2017. 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.