Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing · Puerto Rico
Ethicon, LLC
San Lorenzo, PR · ~966 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ethicon, LLC runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Ethicon, LLC: 1.0 TCR = 31% of Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ethicon, LLC safety composite
Ethicon, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.02 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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 0.3 from 0.8 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.8 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=1.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339112 · San Lorenzo, PR AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #14/19
- PHOTO Microline Surgical, …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 37 inj
- SIZE ~966 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Microline Surgical, Inc. (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
- This site
Ethicon, LLC
1 TCR
- Microline Surg
Microline Surgical, Inc.
1 TCR
- Interplex Medi
Interplex Medical, LLC
1 TCR
- Allendale
Allendale
1 TCR
- State Street S
State Street Site
1 TCR
What this shows Ethicon, LLC averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Ethicon, LLC TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=1.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Ethicon, LLC falls in its industry
741 Needles, hypodermic and suture establishmentsSafer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Puerto Rico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 19 Needles, hypodermic and suture employers in Puerto Rico.
Ethicon, LLC has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339112 · PR · San Lorenzo
741 Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,632 rated employers in Puerto Rico with headcount on file · 17 employers in San Lorenzo, 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 | Microline Surgical, Inc. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Interplex Medical, LLC | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Allendale | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | State Street Site | 1.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Carolina | 966 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pratt & Whitney Puerto Rico | 986 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl | 931 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lilly Del Carbe Inc Carolina | 1,011 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC | 1,499 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ethicon LLC San Lorenzo | 1,043 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | OBRAS PUBLICAS MUNICIPAL | 379 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PILAR MANGUAL ESPINO | 370 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Brookfield Office | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Peerless Instrument | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Michels Directional Crossings- Brownsville | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | International Paper | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Greensboro Water Resources | 966 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | L'auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge | 966 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | County of Wayne - All | 966 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CB Monroe | 966 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.