Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · California

Polypeptide Laboratories

Torrance, CA · ~167 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Polypeptide Laboratories runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Polypeptide Laboratories: 4.6 TCR = 138% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polypeptide Laboratories safety composite

Polypeptide Laboratories scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−0.7

2017→2024

Polypeptide Laboratories injury rate improved

Polypeptide Laboratories's TCR fell 0.7 from 4.1 in 2017 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.1 · 2019=7.3 · 2021=4.9 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Torrance, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 138% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #53/79
  • PHOTO Macrocap Labs
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~167 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Macrocap Labs (0.0 TCR gap)

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Polypeptide Laboratories in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polypeptide Laboratories averages 4.6 TCR (138% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Polypeptide Laboratories TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2019=7.3 · 2021=4.9 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Polypeptide Laboratories falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 15% 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 #53 safest of 79 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in California.

Polypeptide Laboratories (167 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 Polypeptide Laboratories
Polypeptide Laboratories (167 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Polypeptide Laboratories has fewer employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher 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 3.4 2.8 6 0 0
2023 3.1 2.5 5 0 0
2021 4.9 1.2 5 3 0
2019 7.3 2.6 8 3 0
2017 4.1 1.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · CA · Torrance

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Torrance, 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 Macrocap Labs 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Novartis Pharmaceutical Sales Force 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR UniWell Laboratories, LLC (Sovereign Rd) 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dhaliwal Laboratories, LLC 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE C2F Employment Inc. 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE FIGUEROA PLAZA 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-CA-San Jose-2711 N 1st St 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 4,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Torrance Memorial Medical Center 3,808 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles 3,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 494 2,621 FTE
NAT-TCR Kelleher Construction, Inc 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mountain Vista Medical Center 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR James E John Construction Co., Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Master Boat Builders 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Reily Foods Company - Jfg 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kanzaki Specialty Papers 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kyocera International Inc. 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE Concordia at Rebecca Residence 167 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, 2021, 2019, 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.