Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing · California

Shockwave Medical Inc

Santa Clara, CA · ~717 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shockwave Medical Inc runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Shockwave Medical Inc: 0.4 TCR = 12% of Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shockwave Medical Inc safety composite

Shockwave Medical Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Shockwave Medical Inc held a steady TCR band

Shockwave Medical Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 0.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=0.8 · 2023=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Santa Clara, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 12% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/107
  • PHOTO KARL STORZ Endoscopy…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~717 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Stafford) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shockwave Medical Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shockwave Medical Inc averages 0.4 TCR (12% of the Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Shockwave Medical Inc TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0.8 · 2023=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Shockwave Medical Inc falls in its industry

741 Instruments, mechanical micros establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 107 Instruments, mechanical micros employers in California.

Shockwave Medical Inc (717 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Shockwave Medical Inc
Shockwave Medical Inc (717 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Shockwave Medical Inc has more employees than the Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 0.3 0.0 4 0 0
2021 0.8 0.4 4 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · CA · Santa Clara

741 Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Santa Clara, 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 KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Stafford) 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Verathon HQ Bothell 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Draeger Medical Systems, Inc. - Telford 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diagnostics : Beckman Coulter - Brea 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oakland Headquarters 717 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mann Packing Inc 717 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rohr, Inc. a Collins Aerospace Company 716 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Diego Convention Center 716 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mission Campus 6,222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pure Storage 5,595 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02120751 3,887 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02620751 3,154 FTE
NAT-TCR Conroe: Business Office 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sky Unlimited Inc 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Region Complex (Florence) 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Shooter and Lindsey 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Forte Residential, Inc. 717 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest Debone Plant 717 FTE
NAT-SIZE 401 Nicollet Mall-HQ 717 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beloit Plant 717 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. 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.