Manufacture and Packaging of Chemical Reagents · Pennsylvania

AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ

Hanover, PA · ~277 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Manufacture and Packaging of Chemical Reagents workplace, earning a grade D.

AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Manufacture and Packaging of Chemical Reagents BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ safety composite

AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.0

2022→2024

AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ injury rate improved

AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ's TCR fell 1.0 from 5.5 in 2022 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.5 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Hanover, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #21/31
  • PHOTO Michelman - Shell Rd…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~277 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Michelman - Shell Rd Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Manufacture and Packaging of Chemical Reagents BLS benchmark).

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

AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ TCR series: 2022=5.5 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ falls in its industry

485 Manufacture and Packaging of C establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 31 Manufacture and Packaging of C employers in Pennsylvania.

AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ (277 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ
AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ (277 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ has more employees than the Manufacture and Packaging of Chemical Re median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024 4.6 4.1 9 0 0
2023 2.7 1.6 4 1 0
2022 5.5 3.3 8 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · PA · Hanover

485 Manufacture and Packaging of Chemical Reagents employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 149 employers in Hanover, 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 Michelman - Shell Rd Plant 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR QualiChem Plant 1 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BHS Specialty Chemical Products - Nampa 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CSS Rochelle IL 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE PACE INDUSTRIES Latrobe 277 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keystone Powdered Metal Company STM 277 FTE
STATE-SIZE 128 FACN - MIDDLETOWN 277 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hexcel Pottsville Corporation 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARTER DOOR & MILLWORK HUB 389 4,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanover Manufacturing Campus 1,446 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hanover 1,090 FTE
CITY-NEAR Snyders-Lance, Inc.- Hanover Manufacturing Facility 850 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 1490 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1425 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1258 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1190 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 10223 Fair Lakes 277 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairburn - 1595 Oakley Industrial Blvd 277 FTE
NAT-SIZE EER - Corporate - 01 277 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crest Marine 277 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.