Dental Laboratories · California
West Coast Dental Labs
Hawthorne, CA · ~136 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
West Coast Dental Labs runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Dental Laboratories workplace, earning a grade C.
West Coast Dental Labs: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Dental Laboratories BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
West Coast Dental Labs safety composite
West Coast Dental Labs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% 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
−0.6
2019→2024
West Coast Dental Labs injury rate improved
West Coast Dental Labs's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.0 in 2019 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=2.0 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=1.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339116 · Hawthorne, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #16/21
- PHOTO NDX THOELE DENTAL LA…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~136 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NDX THOELE DENTAL LABORATORY (0.0 TCR gap)
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West Coast Dental Labs in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
West Coast Dental Labs
3.1 TCR
- NDX THOELE DEN
NDX THOELE DENTAL LABORATORY
3.1 TCR
- Specialty Appl
Specialty Appliances, LLC
3.1 TCR
- Ottawa Dental
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Starfire Location
3.1 TCR
- Digitech
Digitech
3.1 TCR
What this shows West Coast Dental Labs averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Dental Laboratories BLS benchmark).
West Coast Dental Labs TCR series: 2019=2 · 2020=3 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=4 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3
Where West Coast Dental Labs falls in its industry
184 Dental Laboratories establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 21 Dental Laboratories employers in California.
West Coast Dental Labs has more employees than the Dental Laboratories median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339116 · CA · Hawthorne
184 Dental Laboratories employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 78 employers in Hawthorne, 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 | NDX THOELE DENTAL LABORATORY | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Specialty Appliances, LLC | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Starfire Location | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Digitech | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | HM Clause - Modesto | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Red Bluff Nursery | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BC LABOR CONTRACTORS, INC. | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Diede Construction | 136 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hawthorne, CA | 7,104 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Bay Workforce Investment Board, Inc. | 4,618 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 206 | 2,621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AMZL : DLA8 | 2,331 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cooper Air Freight Service, Inc. | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Towanda, KS | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Canton | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alliance Exterior Construction, Inc | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | A & A Window Products, Inc. | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Garrett Mechanical Inc. - College Station | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alliance Industrial Corporation - Tomahawk Plant | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Higbee Gak, LP | 136 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.