Laundry machinery and equipment (except household-type) manufacturing · California

Western State Design, Inc.

Hayward, CA · ~114 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western State Design, Inc. runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Laundry machinery and equipment (except household-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Western State Design, Inc.: 5.2 TCR = 158% of Laundry machinery and equipment (except household-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western State Design, Inc. safety composite

Western State Design, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−1.8

2017→2024

Western State Design, Inc. injury rate improved

Western State Design, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.8 from 5.5 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.5 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333318 · Hayward, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 158% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #21/30
  • PHOTO PSI Waste Equipment …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PSI Waste Equipment Services Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western State Design, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western State Design, Inc. averages 5.2 TCR (158% of the Laundry machinery and equipment (except household-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Western State Design, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Western State Design, Inc. falls in its industry

361 Laundry machinery and equipmen establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 30 Laundry machinery and equipmen employers in California.

Western State Design, Inc. (114 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Western State Design, Inc.
Western State Design, Inc. (114 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Western State Design, Inc. has more employees than the Laundry machinery and equipment (except median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 3.8 0.8 4 1 0
2023 3.3 0.8 4 0 0
2022 5.6 1.9 6 0 0
2021 7.5 0.0 4 1 0
2020 3.7 1.2 3 0 0
2019 8.4 2.4 7 0 0
2018 3.9 1.3 3 0 0
2017 5.5 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333318 · CA · Hayward

361 Laundry machinery and equipment (except household-type) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 336 employers in Hayward, 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 PSI Waste Equipment Services Inc 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Suez WTS Services USA, Inc. SJSC 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CHICAGO DRYER CO 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HDQT3-Frohring Building 3 Newbury, OH 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wonderful Orchards-Belridge 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olivarez Honey Bees 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE SIERRA AG SERVICES, INC 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE PURO VIDA BERRIES 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 518 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 100 2,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 117 2,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Rose Hospital 929 FTE
NAT-TCR Parkview Center School 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR West Chicago 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR FARMINGTON 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Union Storage & Transfer 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE HTC Knoxville 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Place at Deans Bridge 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA NC Statesville Plant 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tranco Industrial Services, Inc. 114 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.