Fuel cells, solid-state, manufacturing · California

QuantumScape

San Jose, CA · ~179 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

QuantumScape runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fuel cells, solid-state, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

QuantumScape: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Fuel cells, solid-state, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

QuantumScape safety composite

QuantumScape scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−3.6

2018→2020

QuantumScape injury rate improved

QuantumScape's TCR fell 3.6 from 4.0 in 2018 to 0.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.0 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334413 · San Jose, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #102/128
  • PHOTO Celadon Systems
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~179 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Celadon Systems (0.0 TCR gap)

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QuantumScape in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows QuantumScape averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Fuel cells, solid-state, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

QuantumScape TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0.4 · BLS 3.3

Where QuantumScape falls in its industry

437 Fuel cells, solid-state, manuf establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #102 safest of 128 Fuel cells, solid-state, manuf employers in California.

QuantumScape (179 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate QuantumScape
QuantumScape (179 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9

QuantumScape has fewer employees than the Fuel cells, solid-state, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2020 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2019 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2018 4.0 3.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334413 · CA · San Jose

437 Fuel cells, solid-state, 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 Celadon Systems 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Voltage Multipliers, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Microchip Technology Inc. 2180 Fortune Dr 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coherent, Inc. Sunnyvale 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beach Cities Const/Fiel Ser - Bld: 5360 - 01 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inland Engineering Services 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunwest Electric 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE Westech Systems, LLC 179 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 Crane Stationery, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR OSG USA, Inc., Fastener Product Division 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HPI-OH 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cargill Animal Nutrition 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Omni Chicago 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE James Hardie Building Products Inc. - Waxahachie 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE R-Anell Housing Group, LLC 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE LP Defuniak Springs, LLC-- Chautauqua 179 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.