Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing · Massachusetts

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn)

Auburn, MA · ~192 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn): 1.9 TCR = 58% of Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) safety composite

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.08 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.0

2020→2024

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) injury rate improved

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn)'s TCR fell 1.0 from 2.0 in 2020 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.0 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #34/50
  • PHOTO Galt Medical Corpora…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~192 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Galt Medical Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) TCR series: 2020=2 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=1 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) falls in its industry

741 Instruments, mechanical micros establishments

Safer than 38% 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 #34 safest of 50 Instruments, mechanical micros employers in Massachusetts.

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) (192 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn)
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) (192 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Auburn) has more employees than the Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, m median and a higher 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 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2023 1.0 0.5 2 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 3 0 0
2021 3.6 3.1 7 0 0
2020 2.0 2.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · MA · Auburn

741 Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 78 employers in Auburn, 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 Galt Medical Corporation 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greatbatch Medical 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Collagen Matrix 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cordis- Santa Clara 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE STACY'S PLANT 192 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jackson Lumber & Millwork 192 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-000002565 192 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sudbury Farms - Sudbury 192 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maestro-Connections VNA 1,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR R.H. White Companies 563 FTE
CITY-NEAR R.H. White Construction 444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Auburn Location #10 245 FTE
NAT-TCR Advanced Motion Controls 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR DeVere Company 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Foundations, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR IG Burton of Berlin 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bigos Management 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE Novato Healthcare Center 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE AstenJohnson CLT 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE ProVia Sugarcreek Facility 192 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.