Surgical Appliance and Supplies · Georgia

Ethicon Athens

Athens, GA · ~80 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ethicon Athens runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Surgical Appliance and Supplies workplace, earning a grade B.

Ethicon Athens: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Surgical Appliance and Supplies BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ethicon Athens safety composite

Ethicon Athens scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−1.1

2016→2024

Ethicon Athens injury rate improved

Ethicon Athens's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=5.0 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339113 · Athens, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/19
  • PHOTO Freudenberg Medical …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Freudenberg Medical Carpinteria (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ethicon Athens in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ethicon Athens averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Surgical Appliance and Supplies BLS benchmark).

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

Ethicon Athens TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=5 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ethicon Athens falls in its industry

555 Surgical Appliance and Supplie establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 19 Surgical Appliance and Supplie employers in Georgia.

Ethicon Athens (80 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Ethicon Athens
Ethicon Athens (80 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Ethicon Athens has fewer employees than the Surgical Appliance and Supplies median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2022 2.4 1.2 1 1 0
2018 5.0 5.0 4 1 0
2017 2.1 2.1 1 1 0
2016 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339113 · GA · Athens

555 Surgical Appliance and Supplies employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 187 employers in Athens, GA · 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 Freudenberg Medical Carpinteria 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SOLO Laboratories Kutztown 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MNA - Wisconsin 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indianapolis 79th Street 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dawson GP Shelling Plant 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olam Americas Shelling 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE SRS Main 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE 227 - ATLANTA FIRE 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital 2,805 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Mary's Health Care System-SMHCS-GA 1,509 FTE
CITY-NEAR ST.MARYS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 1,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Mary's Health Care System Inc.- Athens 1,187 FTE
NAT-TCR TE Wire & Cable, LLC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR URS Greer 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lister Construction 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohashi Technica USA Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Everetts 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pelican Parts, LLC 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE W.L. Roenigk, Inc. - McKees Rocks 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P.- Pittston PA 80 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 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.