Surgical knife blades and handles manufacturing · California
NuVasive, Inc
San Diego, CA · ~931 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
NuVasive, Inc runs at 10% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Surgical knife blades and handles manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
NuVasive, Inc: 0.3 TCR = 10% of Surgical knife blades and handles manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
NuVasive, Inc safety composite
NuVasive, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
77/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 91% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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%).
NuVasive, Inc held a steady TCR band
NuVasive, Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 0.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=0.3 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.2 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339112 · San Diego, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 10% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #10/107
- PHOTO NM Plano TX
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~931 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NM Plano TX (0.0 TCR gap)
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NuVasive, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site 0.3
NuVasive, Inc
0.3 TCR
- NM Plano TX 0.3
NM Plano TX
0.3 TCR
- Lungpacer Medi 0.3
Lungpacer Medical USA Inc
0.3 TCR
- BD Pharmaceuti 0.3
BD Pharmaceutical Systems
0.3 TCR
- Philips Spectr 0.3
Philips Spectranetics
0.3 TCR
What this shows NuVasive, Inc averages 0.3 TCR (10% of the Surgical knife blades and handles manufacturing BLS benchmark).
NuVasive, Inc TCR series: 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.2 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where NuVasive, Inc falls in its industry
741 Surgical knife blades and hand establishmentsSafer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 107 Surgical knife blades and hand employers in California.
NuVasive, Inc has more employees than the Surgical knife blades and handles manufa median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339112 · CA · San Diego
741 Surgical knife blades and handles manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, 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 | NM Plano TX | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lungpacer Medical USA Inc | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BD Pharmaceutical Systems | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Philips Spectranetics | 0.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hilmar Site & HIC | 931 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Giumarra Vineyard Corporation | 930 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4263-26713 | 930 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | St Rose Hospital | 929 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UC San Diego Health | 9,310 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | General Atomics | 8,108 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Health Human Services Agency | 6,080 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | National University | 4,955 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC) | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Altium Packaging - Baltimore | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fidelity Engineering, LLC | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mid-American Group | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Enrico Fermi Power Plant 2 | 931 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl | 931 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Osceola Food, LLC. | 931 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Advocate Trinity Hospital | 931 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.