Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing · Puerto Rico

Ethicon, LLC

Guaynabo, PR · ~93 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ethicon, LLC runs at 4% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ethicon, LLC: 0.1 TCR = 4% of Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ethicon, LLC safety composite

Ethicon, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Ethicon, LLC held a steady TCR band

Ethicon, LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Guaynabo, PR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 4% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/19
  • PHOTO Boston Scientific Mi…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Boston Scientific Minnetonka (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ethicon, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ethicon, LLC averages 0.1 TCR (4% of the Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ethicon, LLC TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ethicon, LLC falls in its industry

741 Needles, hypodermic and suture establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Puerto Rico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 19 Needles, hypodermic and suture employers in Puerto Rico.

Ethicon, LLC (93 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Ethicon, LLC
Ethicon, LLC (93 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Ethicon, LLC has fewer employees than the Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.0 0.0 0 1 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · PR · Guaynabo

741 Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,632 rated employers in Puerto Rico with headcount on file · 109 employers in Guaynabo, PR · 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 Boston Scientific Minnetonka 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR USSC 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Headquarters 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roundlake R&D 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 3671 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE 771 PONCE, PR 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Negociado Maritimo - Capitania Guayanilla 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Negociado Maritimo - Capitania Guayama 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR Antilles Services 1,349 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLARO / PRT - Roosevelt 1,346 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLARO / PRT - Roosevelt 1513 & 1515 1,114 FTE
CITY-NEAR FB New Team Guaynabo I Branch 587 FTE
NAT-TCR Lemont Refinery 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Old Dominion Electric Cooperative 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR S&C Electric Company Alameda 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CFO 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mesquite RSC 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE U.S. Paint Corporation 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Eagle #0465 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prospect International Airport Services MKE 93 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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