Blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made in glass making plants · Massachusetts
SCHOTT North America, Inc.
Southbridge, MA · ~185 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
SCHOTT North America, Inc. runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made in glass making plants workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares SCHOTT North America, Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.5 to the Blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made in glass making plants BLS benchmark of 3.3 (107% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
SCHOTT North America, Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where SCHOTT North America, Inc. falls in its industry
79 Blanks, ophthalmic lens and op establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Trend analysis for SCHOTT North America, Inc.
Between 2022 and 2023, SCHOTT North America, Inc.'s Total Case Rate worsened from 2.9 to 4.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 45% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 2.9, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 4.2, a spread of 1.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, SCHOTT North America, Inc. recorded 11 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 11 injuries, 1 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for SCHOTT North America, Inc. are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 327212 - Blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made in glass making plants.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 334,968 hours worked = 1.19 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| SCHOTT North America, Inc. (this establishment) | 3.53 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made in glass making plants industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 327212 |
| Massachusetts state avg (all industries) | 4.94 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by SCHOTT North America, Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 8 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 1 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on SCHOTT North America, Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made in glass making plants peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 107% of the Blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made in glass making plants benchmark, SCHOTT North America, Inc. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Blanks, ophthalmic lens and optical glass, made in glass making plants sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.