Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing · California

QuidelOrtho Rutherford

Carlsbad, CA · ~205 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

QuidelOrtho Rutherford runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

QuidelOrtho Rutherford: 1.1 TCR = 33% of Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

QuidelOrtho Rutherford safety composite

QuidelOrtho Rutherford scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

QuidelOrtho Rutherford held a steady TCR band

QuidelOrtho Rutherford's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.1 in 2023 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.1 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 33% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #20/50
  • PHOTO Roche Diagnostics Op…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~205 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Roche Diagnostics Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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QuidelOrtho Rutherford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows QuidelOrtho Rutherford averages 1.1 TCR (33% 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 Rutherford TCR series: 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where QuidelOrtho Rutherford falls in its industry

201 Viral in-vitro diagnostic test establishments

Safer than 63% 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 #20 safest of 50 Viral in-vitro diagnostic test employers in California.

QuidelOrtho Rutherford (205 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 Rutherford
QuidelOrtho Rutherford (205 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

QuidelOrtho Rutherford 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 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2023 1.1 0.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325413 · CA · Carlsbad

201 Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Carlsbad, 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 Roche Diagnostics Operations 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermo Fisher Scientific, Eugene, OR 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Surmodics 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fujirebio Diagnostics Inc., Malvern 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fresh Select LLC 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fred Williams Trucking, Inc 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ensign United States Drilling Inc. (CA) - Well Service 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE LADWP 1141 2ND 205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thermo Fisher Scientific 2,234 FTE
CITY-NEAR Legoland California Resort 2,055 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bergelectric Corp. CA 1,520 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Sciences Solutions Group (LSG) Remote Employees 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR George J Shaw Construction 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Welkin Mechanical LLC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR TSI Incorporated 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Shin-Etsu MicroSi Inc 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Galman Group 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Turner Pest Control, LLC 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walman Optical Service Center 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwire El Paso 205 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.