Installation of photovoltaic panels · California

SunPower Corporation - SPSD3

Santee, CA · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SunPower Corporation - SPSD3 runs at 299% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Installation of photovoltaic panels workplace, earning a grade F.

SunPower Corporation - SPSD3: 8.4 TCR = 299% of Installation of photovoltaic panels BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SunPower Corporation - SPSD3 safety composite

SunPower Corporation - SPSD3 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

SunPower Corporation - SPSD3: 4.8 → 12.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2023

SunPower Corporation - SPSD3's TCR rose 7.2 from 4.8 in 2022 to 12.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Santee, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 299% of ind

  • DART 10.0 DART
  • RANK #481/548
  • PHOTO Buss Electric, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buss Electric, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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SunPower Corporation - SPSD3 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SunPower Corporation - SPSD3 averages 8.4 TCR (299% of the Installation of photovoltaic panels BLS benchmark).

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

SunPower Corporation - SPSD3 TCR series: 2022=4.8 · 2023=12 · BLS 2.8

Where SunPower Corporation - SPSD3 falls in its industry

4,550 Installation of photovoltaic p establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #481 safest of 548 Installation of photovoltaic p employers in California.

SunPower Corporation - SPSD3 (36 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate SunPower Corporation - SPSD3
SunPower Corporation - SPSD3 (36 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

SunPower Corporation - SPSD3 has fewer employees than the Installation of photovoltaic panels median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 12.0 10.0 6 0 0
2022 4.8 4.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · CA · Santee

4,550 Installation of photovoltaic panels employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 74 employers in Santee, 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 Buss Electric, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR L.C. Electric, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jack Endo Electric, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1-ACI-Reading 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE River Garden Farms 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knight Farms 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.H. MEEK & SONS INC. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dirt Farmer and Company 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 595 1,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA223 384 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0403 - SANTEE CA WHSE 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR SRS Santee - 8701 Cuyamaca Street 280 FTE
NAT-TCR FL Int'l Univ PG5 CFA 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Market-Tacoma WA 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amarillo Southwest, Tx #03087 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR McDonough, GA (Mazda) 113 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Market-Houston 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commons, the 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Freddie Mac Cafe Hq1 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Office 36 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, 2022. 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.