Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · California

Shire Los Angeles Site

Name: Shire Los Angeles Site Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Los Angeles, CA · ~918 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Shire Los Angeles Site runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Shire Los Angeles Site: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shire Los Angeles Site safety composite

Shire Los Angeles Site scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

Shire Los Angeles Site: 1.6 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2019

Shire Los Angeles Site's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.6 in 2018 to 2.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Los Angeles, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #38/79
PHOTO Meijer store 463
BOOK 2y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~918 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meijer store 463 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meijer store 4

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Novartis RLT M

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Grand Avenue F

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Provident Nutr

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What this shows Shire Los Angeles Site averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Shire Los Angeles Site TCR series: 2018=1.6 · 2019=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Shire Los Angeles Site falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 79 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in California.

Shire Los Angeles Site (918 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Shire Los Angeles Site has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2019	2.3	2.2	12	8	0
2018	1.6	1.1	7	6	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · CA · Los Angeles

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 2,064 employers in Los Angeles, 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	Meijer store 463	FORT WAYNE, IN	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Novartis RLT Millburn	MILLBURN, NJ	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Grand Avenue Facility	DECATUR, IL	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Provident Nutraceutical	STEVENS POINT, WI	2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ono-061	ALHAMBRA	918 FTE
STATE-SIZE	California Department of Transportation Facility 81	IRVINE	917 FTE
STATE-SIZE	California Department of Transportation Facility 386	SANTA ANA	917 FTE
STATE-SIZE	California Department of Transportation Facility 489	SANTA ANA	917 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.	Los Angeles	50,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Los Angeles	Los Angeles	40,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LADWP	Los Angeles	11,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power	Los Angeles	10,346 FTE
NAT-TCR	Radial, Inc. - Groveport	Groveport, OH	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	4054-Abs 0016 3989	Mesa, AZ	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mart Office	Mart, TX	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	TDF Metal Finishing /co., Inc	Danvers, MA	2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Amzl : Dtp2	St. Petersburg, FL	918 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dallas-ADD	Irving, TX	918 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ISS Facility Services, Southeast Division	Charlotte, NC	918 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Chaparral Boats Inc	Nashville, GA	918 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: 2019, 2018. 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.