Nautical systems and instruments manufacturing · California

Teledyne RD Instruments

Poway, CA · ~130 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Teledyne RD Instruments runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Nautical systems and instruments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Teledyne RD Instruments: 1.7 TCR = 51% of Nautical systems and instruments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Teledyne RD Instruments safety composite

Teledyne RD Instruments 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.98 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

−0.4

2016→2024

Teledyne RD Instruments injury rate improved

Teledyne RD Instruments's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.4 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2017=2.9 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334511 · Poway, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 51% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #32/45
  • PHOTO Defense and Systems …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Defense and Systems Bohemia NY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Teledyne RD Instruments in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Teledyne RD Instruments averages 1.7 TCR (51% of the Nautical systems and instruments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Teledyne RD Instruments TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=2.9 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=1 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Teledyne RD Instruments falls in its industry

388 Nautical systems and instrume establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 45 Nautical systems and instrume employers in California.

Teledyne RD Instruments (130 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 207 employees and a TCR of 0.7 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Teledyne RD Instruments
Teledyne RD Instruments (130 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 207 employees and a TCR of 0.7

Teledyne RD Instruments has fewer employees than the Nautical systems and instruments manufa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.7. 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 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2023 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2022 3.3 2.2 2 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.2 3.2 4 0 0
2019 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2017 2.9 2.9 4 0 0
2016 1.4 1.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334511 · CA · Poway

388 Nautical systems and instruments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 143 employers in Poway, 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 Defense and Systems Bohemia NY 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ultra Electronics Herley 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation US GA Warner Robins WWLD (1400) 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kearfott Corporation 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE TRCC, Inc. 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Saticoy Lemon Association - Santa Paula 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sierra Land and Cattle Co LLC 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE MODESTO SERVICE CENTER 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Poway Campus 4,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR Geneal Atomics Facilities and Support Groups 1,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palomar Medical Center Poway 889 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics - Poway - A15 661 FTE
NAT-TCR Matrix Tool Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Guin 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Moog, Inc. - East Aurora 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ravenswood 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eau Claire Cooperative Oil Company 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southington 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0528 Foxborough 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ken Forging Inc. 130 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.