Graphite specialties for mechanical use (except gaskets) manufacturing · Pennsylvania

SGL Carbon

Sinking Spring, PA · ~36 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SGL Carbon runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Graphite specialties for mechanical use (except gaskets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

SGL Carbon: 5.7 TCR = 173% of Graphite specialties for mechanical use (except gaskets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SGL Carbon safety composite

SGL Carbon scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

SGL Carbon: 2.7 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 10.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

SGL Carbon's TCR rose 6.5 from 2.7 in 2019 to 9.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335991 · Sinking Spring, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/15
  • PHOTO Chomarat North Ameri…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chomarat North America - Alliance Site (0.0 TCR gap)

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SGL Carbon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SGL Carbon averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the Graphite specialties for mechanical use (except gaskets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

SGL Carbon TCR series: 2019=2.7 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=10.2 · 2022=9.3 · BLS 3.3

Where SGL Carbon falls in its industry

93 Graphite specialties for mecha establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 15 Graphite specialties for mecha employers in Pennsylvania.

SGL Carbon (36 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0100200300400 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate SGL Carbon
SGL Carbon (36 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

SGL Carbon has fewer employees than the Graphite specialties for mechanical use median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022 9.3 0.0 3 0 0
2021 10.2 10.2 3 0 0
2020 0.6 0.3 2 0 0
2019 2.7 2.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335991 · PA · Sinking Spring

93 Graphite specialties for mechanical use (except gaskets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 21 employers in Sinking Spring, PA · 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 Chomarat North America - Alliance Site 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leader BR 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metallized Carbon Corp. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leader DP 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE George Didden Greenhouses, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Altoona 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE UGI Penn Natural Gas Williamsport 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIS - PA - Fairless Hills 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alcon Precision Device - West 968 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alcon Sinking Spring 944 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1717 LOWE S OF S. READING PA 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-1717 171 FTE
NAT-TCR Tops #535 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Thompson Industrial Services, LLC, Division 43 East and Central 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fay Block Materials 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bridger Rehab and Care Center 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barron Electric Cooperative 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHOICES 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE CDM Constructors Inc. Rancho Office 36 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.