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

Afton Scientific

Charlottesville, VA · ~45 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Afton Scientific runs at 42% 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.

Afton Scientific: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Afton Scientific safety composite

Afton Scientific scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−3.0

2016→2021

Afton Scientific injury rate improved

Afton Scientific's TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Charlottesville, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Harmony Biosciences,…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harmony Biosciences, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Afton Scientific in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Afton Scientific averages 1.4 TCR (42% 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

Afton Scientific TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Afton Scientific falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Virginia.

Afton Scientific (45 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Afton Scientific
Afton Scientific (45 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Afton Scientific has fewer 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2017 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2016 3.0 3.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · VA · Charlottesville

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 269 employers in Charlottesville, VA · 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 Harmony Biosciences, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nostrum Laboratories Inc - Bryan, OH 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Doan Building 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 665 Concord Avenue Cambridge MA 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE VA09S-SEL-VIRGINIA SERVICE ROOM 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE GREENSVILLE COUNTY POWER STATION 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmville Public Works 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Virginia 11,898 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Of Virginia (209) Health System 10,653 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Virginia Medical Center 8,738 FTE
CITY-NEAR UVA Medical Center 7,268 FTE
NAT-TCR Thermo Fisher Scientific- Clintrak Bohemia, NY 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ATL - Flight Ops 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Harbor Freight Tools Asset Recovery 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR MD.BALTI.59 - Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fulfillment Plus 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE 150-Mobile 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE 774 - Fort Smith 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holland Farms III 45 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.