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
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.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.0
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 10
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory's OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.0 to the Pathology laboratories, medical BLS benchmark of 3.8 (183% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.8 industry benchmark.
Where Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory falls in its industry
189 Pathology laboratories, medica establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Pathology laboratories, medica employers in Maryland.
Trend analysis for Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory
Between 2016 and 2020, Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory's Total Case Rate improved from 9.8 to 3.6 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 63% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 17.9, a spread of 17.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory recorded 10 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 10 injuries shown on this page for Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 621511 - Pathology laboratories, medical.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 55,298 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory (this establishment) | 6.96 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Testing laboratories, medical industry avg | 3.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 621511 |
| Maryland state avg (all industries) | 4.70 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory's reported OSHA injury record versus its Pathology laboratories, medical peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 183% of the Pathology laboratories, medical benchmark, Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Pathology laboratories, medical sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.