Machine shops · California

Surface Engineering Specialties Inc

Sunnyvale, CA · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Surface Engineering Specialties Inc runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.

Surface Engineering Specialties Inc: 2.2 TCR = 68% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Surface Engineering Specialties Inc safety composite

Surface Engineering Specialties Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.3

2018→2023

Surface Engineering Specialties Inc injury rate improved

Surface Engineering Specialties Inc's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.3 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 68% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #40/126
  • PHOTO Chickasaw Machine an…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chickasaw Machine and Tool Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Surface Engineering Specialties Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Surface Engineering Specialties Inc averages 2.2 TCR (68% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Surface Engineering Specialties Inc TCR series: 2018=4.3 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Surface Engineering Specialties 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.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 126 Machine shops employers in California.

Surface Engineering Specialties Inc (27 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Surface Engineering Specialties Inc
Surface Engineering Specialties Inc (27 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Surface Engineering Specialties Inc has fewer 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · CA · Sunnyvale

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Sunnyvale, 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 Chickasaw Machine and Tool Inc 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Upland Fab Inc 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Natoli Engineering 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverhawk Company 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE HQ 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Medeiros Farms Vineyards 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAND RANCH 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Bernabe Vineyards 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR LinkedIn Mountain View / Sunnyvale 5,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Sunnyvale Campus (1066) 4,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Intuitive Surgical 3,888 FTE
CITY-NEAR Intuitive 3,670 FTE
NAT-TCR D & M Contracting Inc 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Crocs Inc Nile 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NIBCO Greensboro 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Nevada College 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Village gf Deerfield - Public Works 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE ASRC Civil Construction LLC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE ISD #707 Nett Lake 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reach Up Main Office 27 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, 2021, 2020, 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.