Wafers (semiconductor devices) manufacturing · Pennsylvania

IQE, Inc.

Bethlehem, PA · ~96 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IQE, Inc. runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Wafers (semiconductor devices) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

IQE, Inc.: 0.8 TCR = 25% of Wafers (semiconductor devices) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IQE, Inc. safety composite

IQE, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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)
C 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−0.9

2016→2023

IQE, Inc. injury rate improved

IQE, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.9 from 0.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.9 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334413 · Bethlehem, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/12
  • PHOTO Qorvo - 7908
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Qorvo - 7908 (0.0 TCR gap)

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IQE, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IQE, Inc. averages 0.8 TCR (25% of the Wafers (semiconductor devices) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

IQE, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where IQE, Inc. falls in its industry

437 Wafers (semiconductor devices) establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Wafers (semiconductor devices) employers in Pennsylvania.

IQE, Inc. (96 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate IQE, Inc.
IQE, Inc. (96 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9

IQE, Inc. has fewer employees than the Wafers (semiconductor devices) manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.7 0.0 2 0 0
2021 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2017 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2016 0.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334413 · PA · Bethlehem

437 Wafers (semiconductor devices) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 358 employers in Bethlehem, PA · 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 Qorvo - 7908 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR S72 SEN - MILPITAS 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teledyne FLIR Billerica 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SunPower Corp. - Solar Star 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Longenecker's Hatchery, Inc. 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardmore PA 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zartman 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE G W Peoples Contracting Co., Inc. 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital 5,338 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Physician's Group 3,041 FTE
CITY-NEAR LVH-Muhlenberg 2,139 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4087 2,105 FTE
NAT-TCR City Hall 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Accurate Measurement Controls, Inc 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NurseCore of Albany HC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Modern Drywall, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE TENAX 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Daiki Corporation 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE premier truck group of tulsa 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10402 Laurelhurst (WO) 96 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.