Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing · Maryland

Smiths Detection Edgewood

Name: Smiths Detection Edgewood Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Edgewood, MD · ~363 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Smiths Detection Edgewood runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Smiths Detection Edgewood: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smiths Detection Edgewood safety composite

Smiths Detection Edgewood scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: F 0.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Smiths Detection Edgewood held a steady TCR band

Smiths Detection Edgewood's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.8 in 2019 to 0.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 0.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.8 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334511 · Edgewood, MD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

DART 0.6 DART
RANK #9/19
PHOTO Space and Airborne S…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~363 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Space and Airborne Systems : CO, Broomfield - 385 Interlocken Cres. (SAS-SSG) (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.6
Space and Airb

0.6
Defense and Sy

0.6
NGMS-F104

0.6
LakeMaster

0.6

What this shows Smiths Detection Edgewood averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Smiths Detection Edgewood TCR series: 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Smiths Detection Edgewood falls in its industry

388 Search and detection systems a establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 19 Search and detection systems a employers in Maryland.

Smiths Detection Edgewood (363 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 207 employees and a TCR of 0.7

Smiths Detection Edgewood has more employees than the Search and detection systems and instrum median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.7. 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
2021	0.6	0.6	2
2020	0.5	0.5	2
2019	0.8	0.8	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334511 · MD · Edgewood

388 Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 29 employers in Edgewood, MD · 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	Space and Airborne Systems : CO, Broomfield - 385 Interlocken Cres. (SAS-SSG)	BROOMFIELD, CO	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Defense and Systems Clearwater FL	CLEARWATER, FL	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NGMS-F104	MCCLELLAN, CA	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LakeMaster	LITTLE FALLS, MN	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Crofton	GAMBRILLS	363 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 5450	NORTH EAST	363 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2412	ELLICOTT CITY	364 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wegmans Germantown 056	GERMANTOWN	365 FTE
CITY-NEAR	816 - EFC3 Edgewood, MD	Edgewood	1,477 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smiths Detection, Inc.	Edgewood	807 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smiths Detection, Inc. Field Service	Edgewood	277 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stella May Contracting Inc	Edgewood	214 FTE
NAT-TCR	Arbon Orlando	Orlando, FL	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Roofing Services & Solutions, a Tecta America	St. Louis, MO	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	GDS Washington	Washington, NC	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Air Quality Innovative Solutions, LLC	Orlando, FL	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ontario Facility	Ontario, CA	363 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Peco Foods Inc Feather Lane	Canton, MS	363 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bradley Caldwell, Inc.	Hazleton, PA	363 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kingfisher	Kingfisher, OK	363 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.