Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Shire: Exton

Exton, PA · ~385 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shire: Exton runs at 8% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Shire: Exton: 0.3 TCR = 8% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shire: Exton safety composite

Shire: Exton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−0.6

2016→2018

Shire: Exton injury rate improved

Shire: Exton's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.6 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Exton, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 8% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/46
  • PHOTO Amgen Manufacturing …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~385 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Amgen Manufacturing LTD - Puerto Rico (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shire: Exton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shire: Exton averages 0.3 TCR (8% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Shire: Exton TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Shire: Exton falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 46 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Pennsylvania.

Shire: Exton (385 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Shire: Exton
Shire: Exton (385 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Shire: Exton has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · PA · Exton

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 138 employers in Exton, 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 Amgen Manufacturing LTD - Puerto Rico 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amgen Inc (Ohio) 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ipr Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR R & D Systems inc. 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Viant Collegeville LLC 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3228 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2255 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIMET- Morgantown 384 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bentley Systems, Incorporated 1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton 531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brian's House Inc 416 FTE
CITY-NEAR DSM Biomedical 337 FTE
NAT-TCR Sales - Emerald Beach Resort 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kentucky Health Physicians and Clinic 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Clarksburg 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Avera Prairie Center 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Hall-PW 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2415-Live Answer - Regional Centers 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE Psl 131 385 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: 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.