Cylinders, pressure, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · California

Samtech Automotive USA, Inc.

Carson, CA · ~37 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Samtech Automotive USA, Inc. runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cylinders, pressure, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Samtech Automotive USA, Inc.: 6.0 TCR = 180% of Cylinders, pressure, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Samtech Automotive USA, Inc. safety composite

Samtech Automotive USA, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Samtech Automotive USA, Inc.: 7.5 → 8.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.38× in 2023

Samtech Automotive USA, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.7 from 7.5 in 2017 to 8.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Carson, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 180% of ind

  • DART 8.2 DART
  • RANK #6/11
  • PHOTO Luxfer Gas Cylinders
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Luxfer Gas Cylinders (0.0 TCR gap)

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Samtech Automotive USA, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Samtech Automotive USA, Inc. averages 6.0 TCR (180% of the Cylinders, pressure, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Samtech Automotive USA, Inc. TCR series: 2017=7.5 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=3.2 · 2023=8.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Samtech Automotive USA, Inc. falls in its industry

355 Cylinders, pressure, heavy gau establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

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 11 Cylinders, pressure, heavy gau employers in California.

Samtech Automotive USA, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Samtech Automotive USA, Inc.
Samtech Automotive USA, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Samtech Automotive USA, Inc. has fewer employees than the Cylinders, pressure, heavy gauge metal, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2023 8.2 8.2 2 1 0
2021 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2020 7.5 5.0 3 0 0
2019 4.6 0.0 2 0 0
2018 4.7 2.4 2 0 0
2017 7.5 2.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · CA · Carson

355 Cylinders, pressure, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in Carson, 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 Luxfer Gas Cylinders 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westmor Industries 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MIDWEST TANK 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dragon Products Springer 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KP Spraying LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAN - 01 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kimberlina Shop 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centric Parts (PEO) - Carson 1,190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Refinery Carson 1,083 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMPAM Parks Mechanical 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Carson 755 FTE
NAT-TCR Stoughton Trucking 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mahle Engine Components 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1761 Dubois, PA 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Landmark of Taylorville, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Silverado Hospice South Houston - 353 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thompson Pipe Group Bakewell 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baker McMillen - Stow 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mitchell DPI 37 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.