Tire retreading · California

Norwalk Retread (GCR)

Name: Norwalk Retread (GCR) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Norwalk, CA · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Norwalk Retread (GCR) runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tire retreading workplace, earning a grade C.

Norwalk Retread (GCR): 3.2 TCR = 98% of Tire retreading BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norwalk Retread (GCR) safety composite

Norwalk Retread (GCR) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 54% 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

Norwalk Retread (GCR): 0.0 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2018

Norwalk Retread (GCR)'s TCR rose 4.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326211 · Norwalk, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 98% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK P49
PHOTO Goodyear Gadsden Ala…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Goodyear Gadsden Alabama (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.4
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3.3
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3.3
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3.2
Goodyear Gadsd

3.2

What this shows Norwalk Retread (GCR) averages 3.2 TCR (98% of the Tire retreading BLS benchmark).

Norwalk Retread (GCR) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Norwalk Retread (GCR) falls in its industry

114 Tire retreading establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Norwalk Retread (GCR) (25 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 393 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Norwalk Retread (GCR) has fewer employees than the Tire retreading median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2018	4.2	4.2	1
2017	5.5	5.5	1
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326211 · CA · Norwalk

114 Tire retreading employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 67 employers in Norwalk, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Goodyear Gadsden Alabama	GADSDEN, AL	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Goodyear	LAWTON, OK	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Michelin North America Tread Technology	COVINGTON, GA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Michelin Tread - GEO	COVINGTON, GA	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Conservation Farms Ranches	THORNTON	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GM Ag Services, Inc.	STOCKTON	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Farm Shop	EL MACERO	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dougherty Brothers	WOODLAND	25 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Metropolitan State Hospital	Norwalk	1,782 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Department of State Hospitals	Norwalk	1,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder County Clerk	Norwalk	1,302 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MEC Manufacturing LLC Norwalk	Norwalk	1,255 FTE
NAT-TCR	487 Caterpillar LPBU	East Peoria, IL	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Imperial Dade Mid-Atlantic	Jessup, MD	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Global Services Supply Chain Operations : Cleveland, OH	Cuyahoga Hts., OH	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Valeo North America Inc - Thermal Front End Module - Canton	Canton, MS	3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	USF Roanoke VA	Salem, VA	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	303 GP Gypsum - Las Vegas NV	Las Vegas, NV	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	La Quinta Inn & Suites Roswell	Roswell, NM	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Devner Retread (GCR)	Denver, CO	25 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, 2016. 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.