Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing · Massachusetts

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/Auburn)

Southbridge, MA · ~197 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/Auburn) runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/Auburn): 2.3 TCR = 70% of Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

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

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/Auburn) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−2.5

2018→2019

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

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/Auburn)'s TCR fell 2.5 from 3.6 in 2018 to 1.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.6 · 2019=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #37/50
  • PHOTO UTAK Laboratories
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~197 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UTAK Laboratories (0.0 TCR gap)

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KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/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. (Southbridge/Auburn) averages 2.3 TCR (70% 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. (Southbridge/Auburn) TCR series: 2018=3.6 · 2019=1.1 · BLS 3.3

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

741 Instruments, mechanical micros establishments

Safer than 31% 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 #37 safest of 50 Instruments, mechanical micros employers in Massachusetts.

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/Auburn) (197 employees, TCR 2.3) 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. (Southbridge/Auburn)
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/Auburn) (197 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/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
2019 1.1 0.5 2 0 0
2018 3.6 1.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · MA · Southbridge

741 Instruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 33 employers in Southbridge, 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 UTAK Laboratories 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stryker Instruments 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roundlake, IL -Drug Delivery 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alcon Precision Device - West 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE SW Hyannis 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-000000163 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roche Bros. Supermarkets - Bridgewater 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1441 - Somerville 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harrington Memorial Hospital 1,349 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harrington Physician Services 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Center of Hope Foundation, Inc. 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southbridge Main Location 212 FTE
NAT-TCR Little Tokyo 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mount Vernon 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Napoleon Harley-Davidson 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sms 1337/1377 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Honeywell Anniston R&O 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Essex Nursing & Rehab 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ancra Group : Kinedyne-Alabama 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockwell Collins Bellevue Operations 197 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.