Guitars and parts, electric and nonelectric, manufacturing · California
Taylor Guitars
El Cajon, CA · ~469 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Taylor Guitars runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Guitars and parts, electric and nonelectric, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Taylor Guitars: 7.4 TCR = 225% of Guitars and parts, electric and nonelectric, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Taylor Guitars safety composite
Taylor Guitars scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 21% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
Taylor Guitars: 6.0 → 7.4 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2024
Taylor Guitars's TCR rose 1.4 from 6.0 in 2017 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339992 · El Cajon, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 225% of ind
- DART 6.6 DART
- RANK #7/12
- PHOTO Elkhart North Facility
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 222 inj
- SIZE ~469 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Elkhart North Facility (0.1 TCR gap)
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Taylor Guitars in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ernie Ball Inc
Ernie Ball Inc.
8.6 TCR
- This site
Taylor Guitars
7.4 TCR
- Elkhart North
Elkhart North Facility
7.3 TCR
- Innovative Per
Innovative Percussion
7.1 TCR
- DW Drums - Ox
DW Drums - Ox
6.9 TCR
What this shows Taylor Guitars averages 7.4 TCR (225% of the Guitars and parts, electric and nonelectric, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Taylor Guitars TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=7 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=10 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Taylor Guitars falls in its industry
41 Guitars and parts, electric an establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 12 Guitars and parts, electric an employers in California.
Taylor Guitars has more employees than the Guitars and parts, electric and nonelect median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 36 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 18 | 8 | 1 |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339992 · CA · El Cajon
41 Guitars and parts, electric and nonelectric, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in El Cajon, 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 | Elkhart North Facility | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Innovative Percussion | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DW Drums - Ox | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ernie Ball Inc. | 8.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | NGC CONSTRUCTION INC | 469 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | General Atomics - Poway - A23 | 469 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stryker Neurovascular | 469 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Core-Mark Distribution | 469 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SOUTHERN REGION : SDU | 1,176 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 370 | 1,148 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics | 1,059 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GKN Aerospace Chem Tronics | 938 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | At Home Stores #159 | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Haviland Care Center | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Florence | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hyatt Regency Harborside | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SAK Construction, LLC | 469 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Raytheon_Huntsville_AL_Jan Davis Drive | 469 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SFB | 469 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Starkey Inc. | 469 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.