Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing · California

Quallion Sylmar

Sylmar, CA · ~91 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Quallion Sylmar runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Quallion Sylmar: 3.9 TCR = 118% of Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Quallion Sylmar safety composite

Quallion Sylmar scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.8

2016→2018

Quallion Sylmar injury rate improved

Quallion Sylmar's TCR fell 2.8 from 6.7 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335911 · Sylmar, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 118% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #14/19
  • PHOTO Exide Technologies
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Exide Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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Quallion Sylmar in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Quallion Sylmar averages 3.9 TCR (118% of the Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Quallion Sylmar TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Quallion Sylmar falls in its industry

161 Lead acid storage batteries ma establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 19 Lead acid storage batteries ma employers in California.

Quallion Sylmar (91 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Quallion Sylmar
Quallion Sylmar (91 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Quallion Sylmar has fewer employees than the Lead acid storage batteries manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2018 3.9 3.9 4 0 0
2017 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2016 6.7 6.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335911 · CA · Sylmar

161 Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 112 employers in Sylmar, 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 Exide Technologies 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Battery Mfg. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lewisville TX 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR EnerSys Advanced Systems Inc 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE CDK Agriculture, Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belridge 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Micro Paradox 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE CFS, LP. 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olive View-UCLA Medical Center 2,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRM Sylmar CA 1,331 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 405 1,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR CN Sylmar 1,270 FTE
NAT-TCR CBC - Verona 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (PXH-6368) 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hill Country (HR) 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Garden Plaza at Lawrenceville 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corrugated Supplies Company- Indiana, LLC. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Juneau 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Country Fresh - Livonia - Livonia 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shoreland Healthcare 91 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.