Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · California

TriLink Biotech (Wateridge)

San Diego, CA · ~371 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

TriLink Biotech (Wateridge): 0.7 TCR = 21% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) safety composite

TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−0.9

2022→2023

TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) injury rate improved

TriLink Biotech (Wateridge)'s TCR fell 0.9 from 1.1 in 2022 to 0.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.1 · 2023=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · San Diego, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 21% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #10/79
  • PHOTO Sterling Wisconsin LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~371 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sterling Wisconsin LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) averages 0.7 TCR (21% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) TCR series: 2022=1.1 · 2023=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 79 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in California.

TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) (371 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate TriLink Biotech (Wateridge)
TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) (371 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

TriLink Biotech (Wateridge) has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2023 0.3 0.3 2 0 0
2022 1.1 0.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · CA · San Diego

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) 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 Sterling Wisconsin LLC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baxter, North Cove, NC, USA - MFG 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teva Pharmaceuticals USA - Fairfield 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mayne Pharma Inc. - Raleigh, NC 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMA Plastics Corp 371 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sanmina Corporation - San Jose (Bering) 371 FTE
STATE-SIZE AIRBORNE SYSTEMS NA-CA 371 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boeing Encore Interiors 371 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 Calumet Cotton Valley Refining, LLC 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lucasville Service Center 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 087-El Paso/8201 Dyer 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Orion Food Systems LLC 371 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta Flooring Design Centers, Inc. 371 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jackson County Government 371 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Milwaukee City Center 371 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.