Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Ohio

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus

Columbus, OH · ~1,219 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus: 0.5 TCR = 14% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus safety composite

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus held a steady TCR band

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.4 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.4 · 2017=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 14% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #5/26
  • PHOTO Endo Pharmaceuticals…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~1,219 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Endo Pharmaceuticals, Horsham (0.0 TCR gap)

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West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus averages 0.5 TCR (14% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 26 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Ohio.

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus (1,219 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus (1,219 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Columbus has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 0.5 0.4 5 1 0
2016 0.4 0.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · OH · Columbus

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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 Endo Pharmaceuticals, Horsham 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mylan Morgantown R&D 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amgen (Woburn/Biovex) 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals - Madison 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Givaudan 1,221 FTE
STATE-SIZE Whirlpool Corporation - Greenville 1,216 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Products, Inc. 1,215 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mondelez Global Great Lakes - Sales 1,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Prince Energy LLC- Houston 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Upsco Global Operations Center (Kyloa) 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR S05731 - Salt Lake MRF 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ethicon Somerville 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Palmetto Goodwill 1,219 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2904-SAS-NC 1,219 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prado Farm Labor Services Inc 1,219 FTE
NAT-SIZE Learjet Inc. - Wichita, Kansas 1,219 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.