Binoculars manufacturing · Massachusetts

KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc.

Name: KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Charlton, MA · ~596 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Binoculars manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc.: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Binoculars manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. safety composite

KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. held a steady TCR band

KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 1.1 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=1.0 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333314 · Charlton, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #10/18
PHOTO Materion - Westford …
BOOK 5y book
INJ 41 inj
SIZE ~596 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Materion - Westford - Tyngsboro (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Binoculars manufacturing BLS benchmark).

KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. falls in its industry

145 Binoculars manufacturing establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 18 Binoculars manufacturing employers in Massachusetts.

KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. (596 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 1.8

KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc. has more employees than the Binoculars manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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
2020	1.2	1.2	8
2019	1.5	0.9	10
2018	1.9	1.4	11
2017	1.0	0.5	6
2016	1.1	0.9	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333314 · MA · Charlton

145 Binoculars 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Materion - Westford - Tyngsboro	TYNGSBORO, MA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thorlabs Inc. NJ	NEWTON, NJ	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	L3 Technologies Brashear	PITTSBURGH, PA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2967-CT135	MIDDLEFIELD, CT	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	All Divisions	NORTH BILLERICA	595 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Marlborough Hospital	MARLBOROUGH	597 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hockomock Area YMCA	NORTH ATTLEBORO	597 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ken's Foods	MARLBOROUGH	600 FTE
CITY-NEAR	KARL STORZ - Charlton	Charlton	541 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OMHC	Charlton	284 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OVNA	Charlton	182 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Incom, Inc	Charlton	169 FTE
NAT-TCR	65 March Lane	Stockton, CA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	SIGCO Westbrook County	Westbrook, ME	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Warfab Inc.	Hallsville, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chemtool, Inc., Tehachapi	Tehachapi, CA	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	HWAD	Hawthorne, NV	596 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The People Concern - Kensington	Lancaster, CA	596 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6354-TX17	San Antonio, TX	596 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nacelles And Thrust Reversers	Tulsa, OK	596 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.