Eye examining instruments and apparatus manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Alcon Precision Device - West
Sinking Spring, PA · ~968 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Alcon Precision Device - West runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Eye examining instruments and apparatus manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Alcon Precision Device - West: 2.3 TCR = 71% of Eye examining instruments and apparatus manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Alcon Precision Device - West safety composite
Alcon Precision Device - West scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 2.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% 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
−1.1
2020→2023
Alcon Precision Device - West injury rate improved
Alcon Precision Device - West's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.8 in 2020 to 1.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=2.8 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339112 · Sinking Spring, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 71% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #31/42
- PHOTO 2284-689
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 90 inj
- SIZE ~968 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 2284-689 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Alcon Precision Device - West in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Heraeus Medica
Heraeus Medical Components - Via Biomedical
2.4 TCR
- This site
Alcon Precision Device - West
2.3 TCR
- 2284-689
2284-689
2.3 TCR
- KARL STORZ End
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/Auburn)
2.3 TCR
- UTAK Laborator
UTAK Laboratories
2.3 TCR
What this shows Alcon Precision Device - West averages 2.3 TCR (71% of the Eye examining instruments and apparatus manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Alcon Precision Device - West TCR series: 2020=2.8 · 2021=3 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Alcon Precision Device - West falls in its industry
741 Eye examining instruments and establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 42 Eye examining instruments and employers in Pennsylvania.
Alcon Precision Device - West has more employees than the Eye examining instruments and apparatus median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339112 · PA · Sinking Spring
741 Eye examining instruments and apparatus manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 21 employers in Sinking Spring, PA · 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 | 2284-689 | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/Auburn) | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heraeus Medical Components - Via Biomedical | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UTAK Laboratories | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Delaware County Memorial Hospital | 969 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Johnson and Johnson Consumer Inc McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division PPC | 971 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hazleton Distribution Center | 972 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NAI-0034-0034-06655 FAC-06655-DENVER-PA | 964 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Alcon Sinking Spring | 944 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1717 LOWE S OF S. READING PA | 182 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2807-1717 | 171 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Manor Care Health Services - Sinking Spring | 168 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Clariant Corporation | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greif (IP Kernersville - Tube) | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | WCR IL (loc code: WCRIL1) | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southland Transportation Company | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | MIAMFLHQ | 968 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Archer Heights | 968 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | California Department of Technology | 968 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - GSO1 | 968 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.