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

Bayer Myerstown

Myerstown, PA · ~549 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bayer Myerstown runs at 29% 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.

Bayer Myerstown: 1.0 TCR = 29% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bayer Myerstown safety composite

Bayer Myerstown scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.03 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%).

Bayer Myerstown held a steady TCR band

Bayer Myerstown's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.2 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2017=0.5 · 2018=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Myerstown, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 29% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #17/46
  • PHOTO Medexus Pharma Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~549 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Medexus Pharma Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bayer Myerstown in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bayer Myerstown averages 1.0 TCR (29% 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

Bayer Myerstown TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0.5 · 2018=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Bayer Myerstown falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 46 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Pennsylvania.

Bayer Myerstown (549 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 Bayer Myerstown
Bayer Myerstown (549 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Bayer Myerstown 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
2018 1.2 1.0 7 0 0
2017 0.5 0.3 2 1 0
2016 1.2 1.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · PA · Myerstown

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 32 employers in Myerstown, 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 Medexus Pharma Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aurologistics LLC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NPHS Indianapolis Manufacturing Facility (IMS) 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GlaxoSmithKline 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Community Behavioral Health 549 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aria Health Physician Services 549 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Mill Champs 550 FTE
STATE-SIZE QVC, Inc. (Founder's Park) 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR Myerstown, PA 659 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dutch-Way Farm Market Myerstown 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dutch Valley Food Distributors 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Myerstown 199 FTE
NAT-TCR SP&J General Contractors, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Diversey Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR JF Electric 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DSI 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 066 549 FTE
NAT-SIZE PALA-Interstate, LLC. 549 FTE
NAT-SIZE CSC Harligen 549 FTE
NAT-SIZE Radwell 549 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.