Testing Laboratories · California
NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office
Palo Alto, CA · ~1,878 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.2
- Avg TCR
- 0.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Testing Laboratories workplace, earning a grade A.
NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office: 0.2 TCR = 46% of Testing Laboratories BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office safety composite
NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 85% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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%).
NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office held a steady TCR band
NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.5 in 2017 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=0.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=0.2 · 2024=0.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 541380 · Palo Alto, CA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 46% of ind
- DART 0.2 DART
- RANK #1/35
- PHOTO Heritage Research Gr…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~1,878 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Heritage Research Group (0.0 TCR gap)
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NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site 0.2
NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office
0.2 TCR
- Heritage Resea 0.2
Heritage Research Group
0.2 TCR
- Plymouth Techn 0.2
Plymouth Technical Center
0.2 TCR
- DDL-MN 0.2
DDL-MN
0.2 TCR
- Momenta Cambri 0.2
Momenta Cambridge
0.2 TCR
What this shows NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office averages 0.2 TCR (46% of the Testing Laboratories BLS benchmark).
NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office TCR series: 2017=0.5 · 2018=0 · 2020=0.2 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 0.5
Where NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office falls in its industry
232 Testing Laboratories establishmentsSafer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 35 Testing Laboratories employers in California.
NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office has more employees than the Testing Laboratories median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.0. 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 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
541380 · CA · Palo Alto
232 Testing Laboratories employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 116 employers in Palo Alto, 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 | Heritage Research Group | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plymouth Technical Center | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DDL-MN | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Momenta Cambridge | 0.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Morrow-Meadows Corporation | 1,879 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DSH-Atascadero | 1,879 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | field work | 1,876 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DCS-Americas - NYC Metro Region | 1,875 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stanford Health Care | 16,371 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Varian, Palo Alto | 1,396 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) | 1,227 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rivian Automotive - 607 Hansen Way Palo Alto | 1,202 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | RoofOptions, LLC | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MNsure | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pewaukee Data Center | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | IFS Industries - Warehouse | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ventra Sandusky | 1,878 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Masonic Villages at Elizabethtown | 1,879 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Prisma Health Baptist | 1,879 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LRS Healthcare, LLC | 1,879 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.