Chromatographic instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA

Sharpsburg, PA · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chromatographic instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Chromatographic instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA safety composite

Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA: 1.8 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2019

Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.8 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · Sharpsburg, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO North Kingstown
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North Kingstown (0.1 TCR gap)

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Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Chromatographic instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA falls in its industry

213 Chromatographic instruments, l establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Chromatographic instruments, l employers in Pennsylvania.

Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA (40 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA
Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA (40 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Waters Corporation Sharpsburg, PA has fewer employees than the Chromatographic instruments, laboratory- median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 12.7 9.5 4 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · PA · Sharpsburg

213 Chromatographic instruments, laboratory-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 6 employers in Sharpsburg, 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 North Kingstown 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Russells Technical Products, Inc 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Folsom - Blue Ravine 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shmadzu USA Manufacturing Inc. 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE CNB Mushroom, LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASA Mushroom LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Conard-Pyle Co. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coastal Greenhouses, LLC -PA 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fazio Mechanical Services INC 214 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fazio Mechanical Services - Pennsylvania 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR FMS Construction Company 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR FMS Construction - Pittsburgh, PA 40 FTE
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 0785 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 2754 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 1645 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0017 1605 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE JR Simplot Company LL HQ 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tualatin or - Hs Portland or - Cb 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kurten Location 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE tabor city iga 40 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: 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.