Engineering research and development laboratories or services (except nanotechnology research and development) · Maryland

Sparks

Sparks, MD · ~52 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sparks runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Engineering research and development laboratories or services (except nanotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade D.

Sparks: 0.9 TCR = 176% of Engineering research and development laboratories or services (except nanotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sparks safety composite

Sparks scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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

2017→2023

Sparks injury rate improved

Sparks's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.4 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541715 · Sparks, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 0.9 · 176% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P49
  • PHOTO 3M Center
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3M Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sparks in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sparks averages 0.9 TCR (176% of the Engineering research and development laboratories or services (except nanotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

Sparks TCR series: 2017=2.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.8 · BLS 0.5

Where Sparks falls in its industry

47 Engineering research and devel establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Sparks (52 employees, TCR 0.9) among 22 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 232 employees and a TCR of 0.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 23 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 05,00010,00015,00020,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Sparks
Sparks (52 employees, TCR 0.9) among 22 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 232 employees and a TCR of 0.9

Sparks has fewer employees than the Engineering research and development lab median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2023 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.4 2.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541715 · MD · Sparks

47 Engineering research and development laboratories or services (except nanotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 22 employers in Sparks, MD · 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 3M Center 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMEWAS 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CSH Minnesota Site 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MycoWorks SC 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dan Schantz Greenhouse (Rising Sun, MD) 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robert W Sheckles, Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quantum Controls Inc 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Becton Dickinson Integrated Diagnostic Solutions Baltimore 2,376 FTE
CITY-NEAR Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Systems Baltimore 2,281 FTE
CITY-NEAR HUNT VALLEY (MDHUN) 644 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDHUN - HUNT VALLEY 539 FTE
NAT-TCR Spieker Company 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Electric Inc. North Carolina 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Electric Inc. Tennessee 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Nektar Therapeutics Church Street 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Global Advanced Products, LLC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trulieve Telogia Creek. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Southfield 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hanna Manufacturing Company, Inc. 52 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.