Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade · California

Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office

Name: Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Orange, CA · ~76 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade B.

Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office safety composite

Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.5

2017→2018

Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office injury rate improved

Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office's TCR fell 1.5 from 2.5 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2018=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Orange, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/14
PHOTO Bodycote
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bodycote (0.0 TCR gap)

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Winston Heat T

1.9
This site

1.8
Bodycote

1.8
Bluewater Ther

1.8
GALAXY BRAZING

1.8

What this shows Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office falls in its industry

248 Brazing (i.e., hardening) meta establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 14 Brazing (i.e., hardening) meta employers in California.

Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office (76 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Thermal Vac Technology Orange Office has more employees than the Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and met median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2018	1.1	0.0	3	0	0
2017	2.5	2.5	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · CA · Orange

248 Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 319 employers in Orange, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Bodycote	WINCHESTER, KY	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Winston Heat Treating Inc	DAYTON, OH	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Coldwater	COLDWATER, MI	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GALAXY BRAZING CO., INC.	SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CAL-O ADMINISTRATION	LAMONT	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	3181_6797	GUINDA	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J&J Labor,Inc.	HOLLISTER	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fujishige Farms, Inc.	IRVINE	76 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Irvine Health	Orange	6,191 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHOC - CHildren's Hospital of Orange County	Orange	4,962 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHOC Children's Orange	Orange	3,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHOC Children's Orange V2	Orange	3,652 FTE
NAT-TCR	Centerline Utilities, Inc.	Palm City, FL	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	CHATEAU	Chateaugay, NY	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Durwood Greene Construction Co.	Stafford, TX	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Miami - 407	Miramar, FL	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bickford Health Care Center	Windsor Locks, CT	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bennett Contracting Inc	Albany, NY	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Purdue Pharma Manufacturing L.P.	Durham, NC	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	03-Boston Terminal	North Reading, MA	76 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: 2018, 2017. 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.