Infrared analytical instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing · California

Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc.

San Diego, CA · ~195 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Infrared analytical instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Infrared analytical instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. safety composite

Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−0.6

2016→2019

Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. injury rate improved

Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.6 from 2.9 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=2.5 · 2019=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · San Diego, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #38/51
  • PHOTO Teledyne PI - Trenton
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~195 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Teledyne PI - Trenton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Infrared analytical instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=2.5 · 2019=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. falls in its industry

213 Infrared analytical instrument establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 51 Infrared analytical instrument employers in California.

Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. (195 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc.
Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. (195 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Teledyne API, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc. has more employees than the Infrared analytical instruments, laborat median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2019 2.3 1.9 4 1 0
2017 2.5 1.0 5 0 0
2016 2.9 2.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · CA · San Diego

213 Infrared analytical instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, 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 Teledyne PI - Trenton 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ELITechGroup Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mensor LP 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SP Industries, Inc. 935 Warminster 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE TekWorks, Inc 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE 730-PL001 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE OXNARD CA PLANT (BBL) 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPI-Anderson Sawmill 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Tile Plant 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 793 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 229 - Highland 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4039-03368100-00W016 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Mechanicsburg 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Matthey Pharmaceutical Materials-WD 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Cable 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baldwin Service Center 195 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: 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.