Orthopedic devices manufacturing · Pennsylvania

SOLO Laboratories Kutztown

Kutztown, PA · ~47 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SOLO Laboratories Kutztown runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Orthopedic devices manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

SOLO Laboratories Kutztown: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Orthopedic devices manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SOLO Laboratories Kutztown safety composite

SOLO Laboratories Kutztown scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Rising injury rate

SOLO Laboratories Kutztown: 0.0 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

SOLO Laboratories Kutztown's TCR rose 5.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339113 · Kutztown, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #22/37
  • PHOTO MNA - Wisconsin
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MNA - Wisconsin (0.0 TCR gap)

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SOLO Laboratories Kutztown in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SOLO Laboratories Kutztown averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Orthopedic devices manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

SOLO Laboratories Kutztown TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=5 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=5 · BLS 3.3

Where SOLO Laboratories Kutztown falls in its industry

555 Orthopedic devices manufacturi establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 37 Orthopedic devices manufacturi employers in Pennsylvania.

SOLO Laboratories Kutztown (47 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate SOLO Laboratories Kutztown
SOLO Laboratories Kutztown (47 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1

SOLO Laboratories Kutztown has fewer employees than the Orthopedic devices manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2024 5.0 0.0 2 0 0
2023 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339113 · PA · Kutztown

555 Orthopedic devices manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 43 employers in Kutztown, 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 MNA - Wisconsin 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indianapolis 79th Street 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Argentum Medical LLC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ethicon Athens 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dan Schantz Greenhouse (Rising Sun, MD) 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hillendale Services, LLC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mansfield 14235 US Route 6, Mansfield, PA 16933 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Division Wilkes Barre 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR DC 30 - Kutztown, PA 521 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advance Auto Parts DC 30 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jetson Specialty Marketing Services Inc 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR WIRE AND CABLE 253 FTE
NAT-TCR Iberia plant 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Roseville LLC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR JN Linrose 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grace Precision Products 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Advanced Electrical Systems, Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ems Industrial, Inc. - Madison 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Raleigh 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE DACO Precision-Tool, Inc 47 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.