Quartz crystals, electronic application, manufacturing · California

Pure Wafer, Inc

San Jose, CA · ~116 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pure Wafer, Inc runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Quartz crystals, electronic application, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Pure Wafer, Inc: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Quartz crystals, electronic application, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pure Wafer, Inc safety composite

Pure Wafer, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−2.4

2022→2024

Pure Wafer, Inc injury rate improved

Pure Wafer, Inc's TCR fell 2.4 from 5.0 in 2022 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334419 · San Jose, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #32/48
  • PHOTO Sub-Sem Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sub-Sem Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pure Wafer, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pure Wafer, Inc averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the Quartz crystals, electronic application, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pure Wafer, Inc TCR series: 2022=5 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Pure Wafer, Inc falls in its industry

334 Quartz crystals, electronic ap establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 48 Quartz crystals, electronic ap employers in California.

Pure Wafer, Inc (116 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 108 employees and a TCR of 1.8 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Pure Wafer, Inc
Pure Wafer, Inc (116 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 108 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Pure Wafer, Inc has more employees than the Quartz crystals, electronic application, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.0 5.0 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334419 · CA · San Jose

334 Quartz crystals, electronic application, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 Sub-Sem Inc 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Isola 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heraeus Precious Metals Conshohocken LLC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Interconnect Manufacturing, Inc. 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE TVH 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Suncrest Nurseries Inc. 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Miller Family Wine Company 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monarch Nut Company 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 1790 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR NG Ingleside Reporting Center 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix Downtown Hampton Inn & Suites 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bollore Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Heritage Bag-Villa Rica 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Tenn Paving & Grading 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Engineered Components Plant 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMC Tensar Morrow 116 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.