Hospital equipment rental (i.e. home use) · Pennsylvania
Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc.
Tarentum, PA · ~130 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc. runs at 324% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hospital equipment rental (i.e. home use) workplace, earning a grade F.
Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc.: 4.5 TCR = 324% of Hospital equipment rental (i.e. home use) BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc. safety composite
Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.3 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%).
Rising injury rate
Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc.: 2.5 → 3.1 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 15.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2024
Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc.'s TCR rose 0.5 from 2.5 in 2019 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 532283 · Tarentum, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 324% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK P31
- PHOTO Home Care Specialist…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~130 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Home Care Specialists Inc Haverhill (0.4 TCR gap)
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Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Renton
Renton
5.2 TCR
- Gardena CA
Gardena CA
5.2 TCR
- Home Care Spec
Home Care Specialists Inc Haverhill
5 TCR
- This site
Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc.
4.5 TCR
- Lebanon
Lebanon
3.8 TCR
What this shows Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc. averages 4.5 TCR (324% of the Hospital equipment rental (i.e. home use) BLS benchmark).
Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc. TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=15.1 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 1.4
Where Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc. falls in its industry
16 Hospital equipment rental (i.e establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Blackburn's Physicians Pharmacy Inc. has more employees than the Hospital equipment rental (i.e. home use median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
532283 · PA · Tarentum
16 Hospital equipment rental (i.e. home use) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 21 employers in Tarentum, 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 | Home Care Specialists Inc Haverhill | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Renton | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gardena CA | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lebanon | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Herbruck's of Pennsylvania, LLC | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fresh Food Manufacturing (M003) | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | EAC 6270 NORTHEAST PAVING COMPANY | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TransCore - T0760 - Harrisburg | 130 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Joseph B. Fay Co. | 415 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 3838 | 410 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3838 | 402 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2219 LOWE S OF N.E. PITTSBURGH PA | 180 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Newport Pallet Inc, | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1137 - Frederick | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hunter-Davisson, Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Warmkraft, Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | David's Nursery LLC | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dse Erectors | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alamo Parcel Logistics, LLC | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Riutel Florida Inc. | 130 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.