Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · Pennsylvania

Arkema Inc - KOP

King of Prussia, PA · ~848 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arkema Inc - KOP runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade C.

Arkema Inc - KOP: 0.5 TCR = 102% of Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arkema Inc - KOP safety composite

Arkema Inc - KOP scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

Arkema Inc - KOP held a steady TCR band

Arkema Inc - KOP's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.5 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.5 · 2017=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · King of Prussia, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.5 · 102% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/23
  • PHOTO MTD Products Inc. Va…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~848 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MTD Products Inc. Valley City Site (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arkema Inc - KOP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arkema Inc - KOP averages 0.5 TCR (102% of the Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

Arkema Inc - KOP TCR series: 2016=0.5 · 2017=0.5 · BLS 0.5

Where Arkema Inc - KOP falls in its industry

319 Medical research and developme establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 23 Medical research and developme employers in Pennsylvania.

Arkema Inc - KOP (848 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Arkema Inc - KOP
Arkema Inc - KOP (848 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Arkema Inc - KOP has more employees than the Medical research and development laborat median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2017 0.5 0.0 4 0 0
2016 0.5 0.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · PA · King of Prussia

319 Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 183 employers in King of Prussia, 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 MTD Products Inc. Valley City Site 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waymo Chandler 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Honda R&D - Ohio 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ML Headquarters 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Latrobe Hospital 848 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snyders-Lance, Inc.- Hanover Manufacturing Facility 850 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ulta Beauty CHB 850 FTE
STATE-SIZE Endeavor Logistics Solutions LLC 851 FTE
CITY-NEAR 199897 9,243 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Valley Forge (1029) 2,070 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSL Behring, King of Prussia 1,147 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DPH2 1,109 FTE
NAT-TCR 6354-FL20 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR South District Houston ENB1 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Terracon Consultants Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Waco/Belton Construction 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Progressive Pipeline Construction, LLC - Company 848 FTE
NAT-SIZE McGee Air Services SEA 848 FTE
NAT-SIZE 118926-Tampa Fl P&Dc 848 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emporia Pet Food 848 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: 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.