Buffing metals and metal products for the trade · California

Valex Corp

Ventura, CA · ~176 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valex Corp runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Buffing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Valex Corp: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Buffing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valex Corp safety composite

Valex Corp scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−2.7

2017→2024

Valex Corp injury rate improved

Valex Corp's TCR fell 2.7 from 3.2 in 2017 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.2 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=6.1 · 2021=6.6 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Ventura, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #36/74
  • PHOTO Chrome Deposit Corpo…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~176 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chrome Deposit Corporation - Akron Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valex Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valex Corp averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Buffing metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Valex Corp TCR series: 2017=3.2 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=6.1 · 2021=6.6 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Valex Corp falls in its industry

585 Buffing metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 74 Buffing metals and metal produ employers in California.

Valex Corp (176 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Valex Corp
Valex Corp (176 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Valex Corp has more employees than the Buffing metals and metal products for th median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2021 6.6 5.0 10 2 0
2019 6.1 5.5 10 1 0
2018 4.1 2.5 8 0 0
2017 3.2 1.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · CA · Ventura

585 Buffing metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 244 employers in Ventura, 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 Chrome Deposit Corporation - Akron Division 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Plating, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR KTI Austin 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Hard Chrome 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mt. View Ag 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE CA-South Bay S/C 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE LADWP 2311 FAIRFAX 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matt Construction Corporation 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 447 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 530 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6292-00000001 2,250 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSA Human Service Agency 1,516 FTE
NAT-TCR Coreslab Structures (Tampa) INC. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR US Foods Houston 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Philips Medical Systems 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Natures Path Foods 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE RhinoAG 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Careone at East Brunswick 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prasco 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acorn Farms - Galena 176 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, 2021, 2019, 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.