Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers · California

Tilton Engineering, Inc.

Buellton, CA · ~26 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tilton Engineering, Inc. runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Tilton Engineering, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 142% of Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tilton Engineering, Inc. safety composite

Tilton Engineering, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Tilton Engineering, Inc.: 0.0 → 6.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 11.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2.1× in 2024

Tilton Engineering, Inc.'s TCR rose 6.6 from 0.0 in 2018 to 6.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Buellton, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 142% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #23/108
  • PHOTO 3127 Keystone Automo…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3127 Keystone Automotive Jackson (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tilton Engineering, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tilton Engineering, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (142% of the Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Tilton Engineering, Inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=11 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Tilton Engineering, Inc. falls in its industry

950 Motor vehicle parts and access establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 108 Motor vehicle parts and access employers in California.

Tilton Engineering, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Tilton Engineering, Inc.
Tilton Engineering, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Tilton Engineering, Inc. has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 6.6 6.6 2 0 0
2023 11.0 11.0 3 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · CA · Buellton

950 Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 15 employers in Buellton, 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 3127 Keystone Automotive Jackson 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Forecast Products 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chadwick Street 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ReadLIFT 1072 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE HAULING & TRAILER SHOP 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seasholtz Co., LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Valley Vineyards 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Central Coast Vineyards 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 153 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coastal Vineyard Care Associates 647 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Barbara Operations 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 102 FTE
NAT-TCR Newington Services, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lower Valley Hospital Association dba Family Health West 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Wolfe County Head Start 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Princess Anne Hatchery 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Safety Equipment Leasing Co. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Good Samaritan Society Home Care- St. Peter 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lee Engineering & Construction Co. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heckert 26 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.