Surgical stapling devices manufacturing · Puerto Rico

USSC Puerto Rico inc.

Ponce, PR · ~1,377 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USSC Puerto Rico inc. runs at 7% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Surgical stapling devices manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

USSC Puerto Rico inc.: 0.2 TCR = 7% of Surgical stapling devices manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USSC Puerto Rico inc. safety composite

USSC Puerto Rico inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

USSC Puerto Rico inc. held a steady TCR band

USSC Puerto Rico inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 0.4 in 2016 to 0.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 0.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.4 · 2017=0.1 · 2018=0.2 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.1 · 2022=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Ponce, PR AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 7% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #6/19
  • PHOTO Deerfield IL
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~1,377 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Deerfield IL (0.0 TCR gap)

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USSC Puerto Rico inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USSC Puerto Rico inc. averages 0.2 TCR (7% of the Surgical stapling devices manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

USSC Puerto Rico inc. TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=0.1 · 2018=0.2 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.1 · 2022=0.2 · BLS 3.3

Where USSC Puerto Rico inc. falls in its industry

741 Surgical stapling devices manu establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Puerto Rico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 19 Surgical stapling devices manu employers in Puerto Rico.

USSC Puerto Rico inc. (1,377 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate USSC Puerto Rico inc.
USSC Puerto Rico inc. (1,377 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

USSC Puerto Rico inc. has more employees than the Surgical stapling devices manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2022 0.2 0.2 3 0 0
2021 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
2020 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
2019 0.4 0.2 5 0 0
2018 0.2 0.2 1 1 0
2017 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
2016 0.4 0.3 1 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · PR · Ponce

741 Surgical stapling devices manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,632 rated employers in Puerto Rico with headcount on file · 75 employers in Ponce, PR · 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 Deerfield IL 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corporate 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vyaire Medical - Yorba Linda 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tandem Diabetes Inc. Headquarters 12400 Highlbluff Drive 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Antilles Services 1,349 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLARO / PRT - Roosevelt 1,346 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMO Puerto Rico Manurfacturing, Inc. 1,333 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oriental Center 1,321 FTE
CITY-NEAR USSC 1,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital Episcopal San Lucas Ponce 1,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2026 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5793 588 FTE
NAT-TCR Chevron Phillips Chemical Co- Pasadena Plastics 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Exxon Mobil Corporation: Olathe Grease Plant 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR RAM Enterprise Inc. 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pleasants LLC 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE FirstEnergy Utilities Support 1,377 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pilgrims Plant 1,377 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Church Homes, Inc. 1,377 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thibodaux Regional Health System 1,377 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.