Machine shops · California

Southern California Technical Arts, Inc.

Name: Southern California Technical Arts, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Placentia, CA · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern California Technical Arts, Inc. runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.

Southern California Technical Arts, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 68% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern California Technical Arts, Inc. safety composite

Southern California Technical Arts, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

Southern California Technical Arts, Inc.: 1.5 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2018

Southern California Technical Arts, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.5 from 1.5 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Placentia, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 68% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #43/126
PHOTO IMR - Hayden
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IMR - Hayden (0.0 TCR gap)

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IMR - Hayden

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2.3
Shop 1

2.3
Pankl Aerospac

2.3

What this shows Southern California Technical Arts, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (68% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

Southern California Technical Arts, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern California Technical Arts, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 126 Machine shops employers in California.

Southern California Technical Arts, Inc. (60 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Southern California Technical Arts, Inc. has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018	3.0	1.5	2	0	0
2017	1.5	1.5	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · CA · Placentia

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 51 employers in Placentia, 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	IMR - Hayden	NORTH VERNON, IN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dynamic Machining x Manufacturing, LLC	KING, NC	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shop 1	MARSHFIELD, WI	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pankl Aerospace	CERRITOS, CA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	North Coast Vineyards	GEYSERVILLE	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sun Pacific Farming Cooperative, Inc \| Grapes Delano	BAKERSFIELD	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paiva Farm Management	CHICO	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rocket Farms Herbs Inc Thermal	THERMAL	60 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4701-430	Placentia	484 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Heritage Plastering, Inc	Placentia	289 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Arlon Graphics, LLC	Placentia	286 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Placentia	Placentia	208 FTE
NAT-TCR	North American Specialty Products	Mcpherson, KS	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Floyd Valley Hospital	Le Mars, IA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	ACS_ROCKFORD_IL	Rockford, IL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	MS - Ft Campbell, KY - 5FCKY	Ft. Campbell, KY	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Salt-Breaux Bridge	Breaux Bridge, LA	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1777 Chestnut Place	Denver, CO	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ryerson - TSP	Houston, TX	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lake Success	New Hyde Park, NY	60 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: 2018, 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.