Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Akcea Therapeutics

Name: Akcea Therapeutics Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Cambridge, MA · ~131 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 0.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Akcea Therapeutics runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Akcea Therapeutics: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akcea Therapeutics safety composite

Akcea Therapeutics scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

Akcea Therapeutics held a steady TCR band

Akcea Therapeutics's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.0 TCR.

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325411 · Cambridge, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #0/9
PHOTO 6319-020061
BOOK 5y book
INJ 0 inj
SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6319-020061 (0.1 TCR gap)

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What this shows Akcea Therapeutics averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Akcea Therapeutics TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Akcea Therapeutics falls in its industry

260 Medicinal chemicals, uncompoun establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 9 Medicinal chemicals, uncompoun employers in Massachusetts.

Akcea Therapeutics (131 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Akcea Therapeutics has more employees than the Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manuf median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325411 · MA · Cambridge

260 Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 149 employers in Cambridge, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	6319-020061	RONKONKOMA, NY	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Young Living Holding LLC	LEHI, UT	0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Genzyme	FRAMINGHAM, MA	0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rahway, NJ Facility	RAHWAY, NJ	0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DGI Communications, LLC	BILLERICA	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sagamore Plumbing & Heating	HINGHAM	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jessicas Brick Oven	METHUEN	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4047 Devens Box Plant	DEVENS	131 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Philips NAM Field Sales & Service	Cambridge	5,136 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vinfen Corporation	Cambridge	2,662 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Biogen - Cambridge	Cambridge	2,478 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cambridge Campus	Cambridge	2,473 FTE
NAT-TCR	Gap Inc. - Corporate	San Francisco, CA	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Atlanta - Phipps	Atlanta, GA	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meijer 208	Lincoln Park, MI	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hampton Inn & Suites	Kenosha, WI	0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Secure Nursing Service, Inc.	Los Angeles, CA	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Instrumentation : Hollis	Hollis, NH	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Royal Care Skilled Nursing Center	Long Beach, CA	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC	Frankfort, KY	131 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.