Airborne radio communications equipment manufacturing · California

Viasat Inc. Carlsbad

Carlsbad, CA · ~21 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Viasat Inc. Carlsbad runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Airborne radio communications equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Viasat Inc. Carlsbad: 6.1 TCR = 186% of Airborne radio communications equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Viasat Inc. Carlsbad safety composite

Viasat Inc. Carlsbad scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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

−15.7

2018→2024

Viasat Inc. Carlsbad injury rate improved

Viasat Inc. Carlsbad's TCR fell 15.7 from 15.8 in 2018 to 0.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.8 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=10.0 · 2021=6.6 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334220 · Carlsbad, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 186% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #41/43
  • PHOTO Raycap Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Raycap Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)

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Viasat Inc. Carlsbad in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Viasat Inc. Carlsbad averages 6.1 TCR (186% of the Airborne radio communications equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Viasat Inc. Carlsbad TCR series: 2018=15.8 · 2019=4 · 2020=10 · 2021=6.6 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Viasat Inc. Carlsbad falls in its industry

247 Airborne radio communications establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 43 Airborne radio communications employers in California.

Viasat Inc. Carlsbad (21 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.1 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 05001,0001,500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Viasat Inc. Carlsbad
Viasat Inc. Carlsbad (21 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.1

Viasat Inc. Carlsbad has fewer employees than the Airborne radio communications equipment median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.1. 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 0.1 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.3 0.2 7 0 0
2021 6.6 6.6 1 0 0
2020 10.0 5.0 1 1 0
2019 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 15.8 15.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334220 · CA · Carlsbad

247 Airborne radio communications equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Carlsbad, 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 Raycap Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hospitality and Specialty Communications 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manufacturing - Spartanburg 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitestown 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thermo Fisher Scientific 2,234 FTE
CITY-NEAR Legoland California Resort 2,055 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bergelectric Corp. CA 1,520 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Sciences Solutions Group (LSG) Remote Employees 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR 1081 - NE Charlotte 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1380 - Warner Robins 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1893 - Skyline 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Michael Lewis Company - West 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lorien Mt. Airy 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minnesota Vikings 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastern New Mexico Med Ctr 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Middleton School Distric 21 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, 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.