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

Shire Van Nuys Facility

Van Nuys, CA · ~72 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Shire Van Nuys Facility runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Shire Van Nuys Facility: 3.3 TCR = 98% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shire Van Nuys Facility safety composite

Shire Van Nuys Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Shire Van Nuys Facility held a steady TCR band

Shire Van Nuys Facility's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.1 in 2018 to 3.4 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.1 · 2019=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Van Nuys, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 98% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #44/79
  • PHOTO OCuSOFT
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OCuSOFT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shire Van Nuys Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shire Van Nuys Facility averages 3.3 TCR (98% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Shire Van Nuys Facility TCR series: 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Shire Van Nuys Facility falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 79 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in California.

Shire Van Nuys Facility (72 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Shire Van Nuys Facility
Shire Van Nuys Facility (72 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Shire Van Nuys Facility has fewer 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 3.4 1.7 0 2 0
2018 3.1 3.1 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · CA · Van Nuys

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 · 192 employers in Van Nuys, 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 OCuSOFT 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SUPRANATURALS, LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amneal Hauppauge 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAPS Phoenix 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monterey Pacific, LLC 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arts Ranch 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mellano & Company - Los Angeles Wholesale House 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greg Hooker dba Diamond H Dairy 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Presbyterian Hospital 1,686 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-048 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-063 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR VAN NUYS HUB (CAVAN) 864 FTE
NAT-TCR 4813-48130009-Freeman Expo New York 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sales - Star Island 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR JOSEPH Construction Company, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Agile Magnetics, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kendall Electric - PWRN 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colorado Blood Cancer Institute 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arbors@Woodsfield 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dane Manufacturing 72 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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