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

AstraZeneca West Chester, OH

West Chester, OH · ~458 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AstraZeneca West Chester, OH runs at 11% 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.

AstraZeneca West Chester, OH: 0.4 TCR = 11% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AstraZeneca West Chester, OH safety composite

AstraZeneca West Chester, OH scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−0.5

2016→2021

AstraZeneca West Chester, OH injury rate improved

AstraZeneca West Chester, OH's TCR fell 0.5 from 0.7 in 2016 to 0.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.7 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.1 · 2021=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · West Chester, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 11% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #3/26
  • PHOTO Amgen Inc. (Rhode Is…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~458 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Amgen Inc. (Rhode Island) (0.0 TCR gap)

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AstraZeneca West Chester, OH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AstraZeneca West Chester, OH averages 0.4 TCR (11% 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

AstraZeneca West Chester, OH TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.1 · 2021=0.2 · BLS 3.3

Where AstraZeneca West Chester, OH falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 26 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Ohio.

AstraZeneca West Chester, OH (458 employees, TCR 0.4) 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 AstraZeneca West Chester, OH
AstraZeneca West Chester, OH (458 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

AstraZeneca West Chester, OH has more 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 0.2 0.1 2 0 0
2019 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.3 0.2 2 0 0
2017 0.3 0.0 2 0 0
2016 0.7 0.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · OH · West Chester

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 205 employers in West Chester, OH · 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 Amgen Inc. (Rhode Island) 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shine Technologies 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AstraZenca Mt. Vernon 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Takeda: USA Field Sales Employees 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE GEM Industrial Inc. - Walbridge 458 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Chester Manufacturing and Office 458 FTE
STATE-SIZE zulily 458 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8027210 Limited Brands 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lithko Contracting, LLC 2,120 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Chester Hospital LLC 1,413 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cornerstone Services Group 1,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ohio DC2 939 FTE
NAT-TCR US999: Unistrut - Addison 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CNH Industrial - Racine Offices 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Manchester, NH/Portland, ME HVAC 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4769-9970-CORPORATE 458 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Moloney,Inc.--Transformers Plant 458 FTE
NAT-SIZE Turkey Valley Farms 458 FTE
NAT-SIZE Koyo Richland Plant 458 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, 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.