Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

VWR Catalyst Malvern

Malvern, PA · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VWR Catalyst Malvern runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

VWR Catalyst Malvern: 0.8 TCR = 35% of Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VWR Catalyst Malvern safety composite

VWR Catalyst Malvern scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−1.5

2016→2017

VWR Catalyst Malvern injury rate improved

VWR Catalyst Malvern's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.5 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423490 · Malvern, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 35% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO GMI Opco, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GMI Opco, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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VWR Catalyst Malvern in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VWR Catalyst Malvern averages 0.8 TCR (35% of the Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

VWR Catalyst Malvern TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=0 · BLS 2.2

Where VWR Catalyst Malvern falls in its industry

96 Analytical instruments (e.g., establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Analytical instruments (e.g., employers in Pennsylvania.

VWR Catalyst Malvern (70 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05001,0001,500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate VWR Catalyst Malvern
VWR Catalyst Malvern (70 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.6

VWR Catalyst Malvern has fewer employees than the Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatogr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.5 1.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423490 · PA · Malvern

96 Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 104 employers in Malvern, 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 GMI Opco, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Integrity One Technologies Inc 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spectrum Technologies, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grace Ind 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clark Contractors, Inc. 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tutor Perini Building Corp. - Northeast 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weaver Companies, Inc. 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Malvern, PA 5,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint-Gobain North Amerian Headquarters 1,490 FTE
CITY-NEAR Malvern 1,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Janssen Malvern 1,099 FTE
NAT-TCR MS - Kennedy Space Center, FL - 1KSFL 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bowhead Logistics Solutions 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation US TX Georgetown 105 W Coopera (5268) 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR AMEREN MISSOURI - System Relay Services 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allied Waste, LLC - West Columbia, Sc 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gruber Industries, Inc 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE James River Work Center 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of South Hampton LLC 70 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: 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.