Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing · California

QuidelOrtho Waples

San Diego, CA · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

QuidelOrtho Waples runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

QuidelOrtho Waples: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substances manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

QuidelOrtho Waples safety composite

QuidelOrtho Waples scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

Rising injury rate

QuidelOrtho Waples: 1.8 → 5.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2024

QuidelOrtho Waples's TCR rose 3.9 from 1.8 in 2023 to 5.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325413 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #48/50
  • PHOTO SDIX - Delaware
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SDIX - Delaware (0.1 TCR gap)

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QuidelOrtho Waples in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows QuidelOrtho Waples averages 3.8 TCR (114% 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 Waples TCR series: 2023=1.8 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.3

Where QuidelOrtho Waples falls in its industry

201 Viral in-vitro diagnostic test establishments

Safer than 9% 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 #48 safest of 50 Viral in-vitro diagnostic test employers in California.

QuidelOrtho Waples (55 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Waples
QuidelOrtho Waples (55 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

QuidelOrtho Waples has fewer employees than the Viral in-vitro diagnostic test substance median and a higher 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 5.7 3.8 3 0 0
2023 1.8 1.8 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 SDIX - Delaware 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR VMRD 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diagnostics : Beckman Coulter - Florence 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medix 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE FARMING ADMINISTRATION 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dwelley Family Farms LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-Valley Vineyard Management 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cornerstone Certified Vineyard 55 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 MJ Baumann Co., Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trailstar International Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Guilderland Purina Feed Mill 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Commonwealth Electrical Technologies 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Structural Wood Corporation 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE TX Whiskey Ranch 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCA Construction, LLC 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schweiss Distributing Inc 55 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.