Surgical Appliance And Supplies Manufacturing · Maryland
Appleton Central
Elkton, MD · ~349 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Appleton Central runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Surgical Appliance And Supplies Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Appleton Central: 5.9 TCR = 180% of Surgical Appliance And Supplies Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Appleton Central safety composite
Appleton Central scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% 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
−2.1
2019→2024
Appleton Central injury rate improved
Appleton Central's TCR fell 2.1 from 7.3 in 2019 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=7.3 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=5.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339113 · Elkton, MD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 180% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #3/4
- PHOTO American Breast Care…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~349 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: American Breast Care, L.P. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Appleton Central in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Appleton Central
5.9 TCR
- American Breas
American Breast Care, L.P.
5.9 TCR
- Greenwood Vill
Greenwood Village, CO
5.9 TCR
- Corflex Global
Corflex Global
5.9 TCR
- Phoenix 2
Phoenix 2
5.9 TCR
What this shows Appleton Central averages 5.9 TCR (180% of the Surgical Appliance And Supplies Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Appleton Central TCR series: 2019=7.3 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Appleton Central falls in its industry
555 Surgical Appliance And Supplie establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Surgical Appliance And Supplie employers in Maryland.
Appleton Central has more employees than the Surgical Appliance And Supplies Manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339113 · MD · Elkton
555 Surgical Appliance And Supplies Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 76 employers in Elkton, MD · 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 | American Breast Care, L.P. | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Greenwood Village, CO | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Corflex Global | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Phoenix 2 | 5.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 3780 | 349 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.C. - O'Neil | 348 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dixie Construction Company, Inc dba DXI Construction | 348 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 2850 | 348 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Union Hospital of Cecil County | 1,231 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION | 835 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation - Elkton | 630 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NGDS-MD50 | 597 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Loen Nursery, Inc. - Woodburn | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kocher+Beck USA, L.P. | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Gardens at Camp Hill | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bar Processing Corp | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | American Red Cross - 3747 Euclid Ave | 349 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fujirebio Diagnostics Inc., Malvern | 349 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | U7091 - Bryan Mound Site GC | 349 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cedar Rapids Wet Mill | 349 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.