Gastroscopes (except electromedical) manufacturing · Massachusetts

KARL STORZ - Charlton

Charlton, MA · ~541 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

KARL STORZ - Charlton runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Gastroscopes (except electromedical) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

KARL STORZ - Charlton: 1.1 TCR = 33% of Gastroscopes (except electromedical) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KARL STORZ - Charlton safety composite

KARL STORZ - Charlton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 0% 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%).

KARL STORZ - Charlton held a steady TCR band

KARL STORZ - Charlton's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.4 in 2021 to 1.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.4 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Charlton, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 33% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #27/50
  • PHOTO Intuitive
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~541 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Intuitive (0.0 TCR gap)

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KARL STORZ - Charlton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KARL STORZ - Charlton averages 1.1 TCR (33% of the Gastroscopes (except electromedical) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KARL STORZ - Charlton TCR series: 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where KARL STORZ - Charlton falls in its industry

741 Gastroscopes (except electrome establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 50 Gastroscopes (except electrome employers in Massachusetts.

KARL STORZ - Charlton (541 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 KARL STORZ - Charlton
KARL STORZ - Charlton (541 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

KARL STORZ - Charlton has more employees than the Gastroscopes (except electromedical) man 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 1.6 1.1 6 1 0
2023 0.5 0.2 2 1 0
2022 0.8 0.8 2 2 0
2021 1.4 0.6 4 3 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · MA · Charlton

741 Gastroscopes (except electromedical) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 14 employers in Charlton, MA · 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 Intuitive 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Microvention 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smith & Nephew Inc. Pittsburgh PA 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LSI Solultions, Inc. 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE BNH - Baystate Noble Hospital 541 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lantheus Medical Imaging 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE Skyworks Solutions, Inc. - Woburn, MA 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE The L.S. Starrett Company 543 FTE
CITY-NEAR KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. 596 FTE
CITY-NEAR OMHC 284 FTE
CITY-NEAR OVNA 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Incom, Inc 169 FTE
NAT-TCR Solenis LLC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Steamist, Inc 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Jorda Mechanical 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Spectrum Adhesives Inc 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mercy Hospital Ada 541 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avera Sacred Heart Hospital 541 FTE
NAT-SIZE Agi Mia 541 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raynor Garage Doors 541 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. 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.