Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing · Maryland

Smiths Detection, Inc.

Name: Smiths Detection, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Edgewood, MD · ~807 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Smiths Detection, Inc. runs at 34% 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, Inc.: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smiths Detection, Inc. safety composite

Smiths Detection, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: F 0.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Smiths Detection, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 1.0 in 2022 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.0 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind

DART 0.6 DART
RANK #16/19
PHOTO Teledyne Controls, LLC
BOOK 3y book
INJ 31 inj
SIZE ~807 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Teledyne Controls, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Smiths Detection, Inc. averages 1.1 TCR (34% of the Search and detection systems and instruments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Smiths Detection, Inc. TCR series: 2022=1 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Smiths Detection, Inc. falls in its industry

388 Search and detection systems a establishments

Safer than 35% 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 #16 safest of 19 Search and detection systems a employers in Maryland.

Smiths Detection, Inc. (807 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 207 employees and a TCR of 0.7

Smiths Detection, Inc. has more employees than the Search and detection systems and instrum median and a higher 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
2024	1.1	0.6	10
2023	1.3	1.2	12
2022	1.0	0.7	9

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	Teledyne Controls, LLC	EL SEGUNDO, CA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1350 Jefferson Rd	HENRIETTA, NY	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MA, Fall River - 275 Martine St. (IMS-M)	FALLRIVER, MA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Raytheon_Poulsbo	POULSBO, WA	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AES Electric LLC DBA Freestate Electric	LAUREL	804 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center	BALTIMORE	803 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Holy Cross Hospital-Germantown	GERMANTOWN	813 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dreyers Grand Ice Cream	LAUREL	816 FTE
CITY-NEAR	816 - EFC3 Edgewood, MD	Edgewood	1,477 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smiths Detection Edgewood	Edgewood	363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smiths Detection, Inc. Field Service	Edgewood	277 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stella May Contracting Inc	Edgewood	214 FTE
NAT-TCR	Miller Clapperton Partnership Inc	Austell, GA	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ogles Roofing Construction LLC	Live Oak, FL	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 51	Greenfield, WI	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Raleigh North Transmission and Distribution Operations Center	Raleigh, NC	1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	John F Murphy Homes, Inc	Auburn, ME	807 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Visual Pak Waukegan	Waukegan, IL	807 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jewish Senior Services	Bridgeport, CT	807 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cortland Preschool	Cortland, NY	807 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.