Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing · California

QuidelOrtho McKellar

San Diego, CA · ~124 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

QuidelOrtho McKellar runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

QuidelOrtho McKellar: 0.4 TCR = 13% of Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

QuidelOrtho McKellar safety composite

QuidelOrtho McKellar scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−0.9

2023→2024

QuidelOrtho McKellar injury rate improved

QuidelOrtho McKellar's TCR fell 0.9 from 0.9 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325413 · San Diego, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 13% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/50
  • PHOTO Ortho Clinical Diagn…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~124 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ortho Clinical Diagnostics CNP 130 (0.0 TCR gap)

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QuidelOrtho McKellar in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows QuidelOrtho McKellar averages 0.4 TCR (13% of the Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

QuidelOrtho McKellar TCR series: 2023=0.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where QuidelOrtho McKellar falls in its industry

201 Viral in-vitro diagnostic test establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 50 Viral in-vitro diagnostic test employers in California.

QuidelOrtho McKellar (124 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4 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 02,0004,0006,000 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate QuidelOrtho McKellar
QuidelOrtho McKellar (124 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

QuidelOrtho McKellar has more employees than the Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.9 0.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325413 · CA · San Diego

201 Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances 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 Ortho Clinical Diagnostics CNP 130 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARDx San Diego Ameditech 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bio-Rad Laboratories-Plano 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR bioMerieux Inc. 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rancho Guadalupe 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Andrew Smith Company 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Four Star Management LLC 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE California 124 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 Site Rite Construction Co 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ben Hill Griffin, Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Contour Aviation Headquarters 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Chamberlin Houston LLC 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Flow-Rite Controls 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE OB Renton Inc 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of Hendersonville 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alliance Automation 124 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. 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.