Pathology laboratories, medical · Maryland

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory

Silver Spring, MD · ~50 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pathology laboratories, medical workplace, earning a grade D.

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory: 7.0 TCR = 183% of Pathology laboratories, medical BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory safety composite

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−6.2

2016→2020

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory injury rate improved

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory's TCR fell 6.2 from 9.8 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=17.9 · 2020=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621511 · Silver Spring, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.0 · 183% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Distribution Center
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Distribution Center (0.1 TCR gap)

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Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory averages 7.0 TCR (183% of the Pathology laboratories, medical BLS benchmark).

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

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=17.9 · 2020=3.6 · BLS 3.8

Where Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory falls in its industry

162 Pathology laboratories, medica establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Pathology laboratories, medica employers in Maryland.

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory (50 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory
Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory (50 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory has fewer employees than the Pathology laboratories, medical median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2020 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 17.9 3.6 5 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.4 0.0 1 0 0
2016 9.8 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621511 · MD · Silver Spring

162 Pathology laboratories, medical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 160 employers in Silver Spring, MD · 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 Distribution Center 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenwood, IN-Biolife 668 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Allis NPHS 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kachina Medical Center 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Green Leaf Extracts LLC dba gLeaf 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bell Nursery - Burtonsville 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS - Annapolis Junction, MD - 1AJMD 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilbane Building Company TPM 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring 3,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring-HCH-MD 2,537 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adventist HealthCare, Inc., d/b/a Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center 1,496 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riderwood Village 1,375 FTE
NAT-TCR Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (274-SR-SRH) 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR syncreon-Toledo 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Le Center Agronomy 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hcr12-Bfspr-Crowne Plaza Crystal City 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Darling Ingredients LLC Tampa 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE 26 - Helo Mx Fe Warren Afb Uh-1, Wy 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE IL01-SMA-CHICAGO 50 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: 2020, 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.