Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services · North Carolina

18-01

Durham, NC · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

18-01 runs at 504% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade F.

18-01: 2.5 TCR = 504% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

18-01 safety composite

18-01 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−4.0

2018→2020

18-01 injury rate improved

18-01's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.0 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.5 · 504% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/14
  • PHOTO GEOS Specialties - I…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GEOS Specialties - Idaho Falls (0.2 TCR gap)

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18-01 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 18-01 averages 2.5 TCR (504% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

18-01 TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0 · BLS 0.5

Where 18-01 falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 14 Biotechnology research and dev employers in North Carolina.

18-01 (32 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 18-01
18-01 (32 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

18-01 has fewer employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2018 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · NC · Durham

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 GEOS Specialties - Idaho Falls 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DuPont Industrial Biosciences 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salk Institute for Biological Studies 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Research 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE T.C. Smith Produce Farm 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE LATHAMS NURSERY INC. - MONROE, NC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Wendell Farming Co. LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Goldsboro Hatchery 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Acument Global Tech Saturn 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lancaster Machine & Tool, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Young Innovations 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Orizon 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Erosion Controls of Colorado 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albright welding Supply Co Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huft Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE AmishView Inn & Suites 32 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.