Electric musical instruments manufacturing · California

Seymour Duncan

Name: Seymour Duncan Workplace Safety Data
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Santa Barbara, CA · ~104 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Seymour Duncan runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Electric musical instruments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Seymour Duncan: 3.8 TCR = 116% of Electric musical instruments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Seymour Duncan safety composite

Seymour Duncan scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−5.6

2017→2020

Seymour Duncan injury rate improved

Seymour Duncan's TCR fell 5.6 from 6.6 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.6 · 2020=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339992 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 116% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #3/12
PHOTO Conn Selmer (Eastlake)
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Conn Selmer (Eastlake) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Oxnard DC

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3.8
Conn Selmer (E

3.8
J.L.Smith & Co

3.7
Dusty Strings

3.7

What this shows Seymour Duncan averages 3.8 TCR (116% of the Electric musical instruments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Seymour Duncan TCR series: 2017=6.6 · 2020=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Seymour Duncan falls in its industry

41 Electric musical instruments m establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Electric musical instruments m employers in California.

Seymour Duncan (104 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Seymour Duncan has fewer employees than the Electric musical instruments manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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	1.1	1.1	1	0	0
2017	6.6	2.2	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339992 · CA · Santa Barbara

41 Electric musical instruments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Conn Selmer (Eastlake)	EASTLAKE, OH	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	J.L.Smith & Company	CHARLOTTE, NC	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Oxnard DC	OXNARD, CA	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dusty Strings	SEATTLE, WA	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	farm management inc	BALLICO	104 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kendall Farms LP	FALLBROOK	104 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Maple Dairy L.P	BAKERSFIELD	104 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Veg-Land, Inc.	FULLERTON	104 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital	Santa Barbara	3,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Big Green Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	674 FTE
NAT-TCR	TankTek, inc. DBA EnviroTek DBA Action Environmental, LLC	Tampa, FL	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ohcolu-Opi-Columbus-Great Southern	Columbus, OH	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	ALMIDF-OPI-MIDFIELD	Midfield, AL	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Crafco Equipment Plant	Chandler, AZ	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	0027-Carolinas Rehab North East	Concord, NC	104 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Oncor SOSF	Lancaster, TX	104 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BAC Transportation LLC	Anchorage, AK	104 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Heartland of Bucyrus	Bucyrus, OH	104 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.