Analgesic preparations manufacturing · California

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

San Diego, CA · ~241 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Analgesic preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Analgesic preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. safety composite

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 1.1 in 2017 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.1 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · San Diego, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #26/79
  • PHOTO Allen's NuTech, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~241 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Allen's NuTech, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Analgesic preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.1 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=2 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. falls in its industry

855 Analgesic preparations manufac establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 79 Analgesic preparations manufac employers in California.

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (241 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (241 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has more employees than the Analgesic preparations manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 1.3 1.3 4 0 0
2023 1.3 1.3 4 0 0
2022 1.4 1.4 4 0 0
2021 1.6 0.0 4 0 0
2020 2.0 1.6 5 0 0
2019 0.8 0.8 2 0 0
2018 1.7 0.4 4 0 0
2017 1.1 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · CA · San Diego

855 Analgesic preparations 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 Allen's NuTech, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DPT - Research Plaza 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAPS Miami 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mayne Pharma Inc. - Greenville, NC 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mainas Farms LLC 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fowler Packing Field 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Calpine Energy Solutions 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE OHL USA INC- CA ALL locations 241 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 Virginia Office 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartselle Molded Plugs - A504 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Longmont CO Truss 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Infra-Metals Co - Virginia 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Location 4 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE Housley Communications Inc 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE TPI Arecibo 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waukegan 241 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.