Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing · California
Spinal Elements, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA · ~117 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Spinal Elements, Inc. runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Spinal Elements, Inc.: 4.2 TCR = 128% of Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Spinal Elements, Inc. safety composite
Spinal Elements, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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
Spinal Elements, Inc.: 0.0 → 0.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Spinal Elements, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.8 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339113 · Carlsbad, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 128% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #49/65
- PHOTO Freedom Designs
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~117 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Freedom Designs (0.0 TCR gap)
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Spinal Elements, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Freedom Design
Freedom Designs
4.3 TCR
- This site
Spinal Elements, Inc.
4.2 TCR
- Pedigo Product
Pedigo Products Inc
4.2 TCR
- DePuy Synthes
DePuy Synthes Monument 1051 Synthes
4.2 TCR
- college park i
college park industries warren
4.2 TCR
What this shows Spinal Elements, Inc. averages 4.2 TCR (128% of the Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Spinal Elements, Inc. TCR series: 2020=0 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=15.3 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Spinal Elements, Inc. falls in its industry
555 Surgical Appliance and Supplie establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 65 Surgical Appliance and Supplie employers in California.
Spinal Elements, Inc. has fewer employees than the Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339113 · CA · Carlsbad
555 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Carlsbad, 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 | Freedom Designs | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pedigo Products Inc | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DePuy Synthes Monument 1051 Synthes | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | college park industries warren | 4.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Frog Hollow Farm LLC | 117 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Standard Cattle LLC | 117 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LFA | 117 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oxnard Plant #4 | 117 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 2,234 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Legoland California Resort | 2,055 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bergelectric Corp. CA | 1,520 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Life Sciences Solutions Group (LSG) Remote Employees | 1,350 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cub Foods Lake Street - 5512 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Milwaukee 10272 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Rome | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tempe Plant | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | People Working Cooperatively | 117 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 115 Belleville West | 117 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | B&B Glass | 117 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arrowhead Behavioral Health | 117 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.