Satellite communications equipment manufacturing · California

Pacific Wave Systems Inc.

Garden Grove, CA · ~102 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pacific Wave Systems Inc. runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Satellite communications equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Pacific Wave Systems Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 91% of Satellite communications equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pacific Wave Systems Inc. safety composite

Pacific Wave Systems Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2016→2017

Pacific Wave Systems Inc. injury rate improved

Pacific Wave Systems Inc.'s TCR fell 0.8 from 3.4 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334220 · Garden Grove, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 91% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #31/43
  • PHOTO JMA Wireless - Liver…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JMA Wireless - Liverpool, NY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pacific Wave Systems Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pacific Wave Systems Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (91% of the Satellite communications equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pacific Wave Systems Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Pacific Wave Systems Inc. falls in its industry

247 Satellite communications equip establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 43 Satellite communications equip employers in California.

Pacific Wave Systems Inc. (102 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.1 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 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Pacific Wave Systems Inc.
Pacific Wave Systems Inc. (102 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.1

Pacific Wave Systems Inc. has fewer employees than the Satellite communications equipment manuf median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.1. 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
2017 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2016 3.4 3.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334220 · CA · Garden Grove

247 Satellite communications equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 145 employers in Garden Grove, 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 JMA Wireless - Liverpool, NY 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HME 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HNCFB02 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electronic Controlled Systems, Inc 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE REFCO FARMS LLC 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Pinery LLC 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Rey Packing Co 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE ONM 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southland Industries 6,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR City Hall 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Wolf Lodge 649 FTE
CITY-NEAR King Janitorial Equipment Services 645 FTE
NAT-TCR Global Services Supply Chain Operations : Grove City, PA 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Meridian (Msmer) 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DeAngelo Brothers Hazleton 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Alpin Haus 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE LKC 2nd Avenue 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCR Star Oregon, Inc. 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prince Minerals LLC- Leesburg 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cheyenne (Wyche) 102 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: 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.