Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing · California

Alere

San Diego, CA · ~893 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alere runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Alere: 2.4 TCR = 71% of Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alere safety composite

Alere scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Alere: 1.1 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2017

Alere's TCR rose 2.6 from 1.1 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325413 · San Diego, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 71% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #42/50
  • PHOTO Ortho Clinical Diagn…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~893 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ortho Clinical Diagnostics - Building 313 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Alere in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alere averages 2.4 TCR (71% of the Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Alere TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Alere falls in its industry

201 Blood derivative in-vitro diag establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 50 Blood derivative in-vitro diag employers in California.

Alere (893 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4 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 02,0004,0006,000 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate Alere
Alere (893 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

Alere has more employees than the Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic sub median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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
2017 3.6 2.7 12 0 0
2016 1.1 1.1 3 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325413 · CA · San Diego

201 Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, CA · 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 Ortho Clinical Diagnostics - Building 313 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maine Biotechnology Services 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MarDx Diagnostics 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Streck Campus 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Control Air Enterprises LLC 893 FTE
STATE-SIZE Penumbra, Inc. - Roseville Campus 893 FTE
STATE-SIZE Orange County/Los Angeles 894 FTE
STATE-SIZE Niagara Bottling, LLC - Corporate 894 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR 0460 - Katy, Tx 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Roofing Contractor 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Global Mining : Fort Worth TX TXM 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Seattle Auto Shop (Wasau) 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Orlando (HR) 893 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barnesville Hospital Association 893 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magical Cruise Company, Ltd. 893 FTE
NAT-SIZE Olympic Fruit 893 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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