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

Anika - Bedford

Bedford, MA · ~154 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Anika - Bedford runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Anika - Bedford: 1.9 TCR = 59% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Anika - Bedford safety composite

Anika - Bedford scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−1.3

2023→2024

Anika - Bedford injury rate improved

Anika - Bedford's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.6 in 2023 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.6 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Bedford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 59% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #20/27
  • PHOTO The Wright Group - M…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~154 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Wright Group - Modesto (0.0 TCR gap)

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Anika - Bedford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Anika - Bedford averages 1.9 TCR (59% 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

Anika - Bedford TCR series: 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Anika - Bedford falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 27 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Massachusetts.

Anika - Bedford (154 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Anika - Bedford
Anika - Bedford (154 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Anika - Bedford has fewer employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher 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
2024 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2023 2.6 2.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · MA · Bedford

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 50 employers in Bedford, MA · 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 The Wright Group - Modesto 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PuraCap Caribe 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Novartis RLT Millburn 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grand Avenue Facility 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 105308 - Magnolia Power 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mycronic 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1914 LOWE S OF DEDHAM MA 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-1932 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Instrumentation Laboratory 1,248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bedford - 174 Middlesex Pkwy 453 FTE
CITY-NEAR EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby and 75 Wiggins 422 FTE
CITY-NEAR State Electric Corporation 419 FTE
NAT-TCR Scott City 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Chromalloy Castings Tampa 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation US NV Fallon Pasture Rd (1585) 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Curt - 134 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dfa Fluid - Nashville Tn-Purity 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10197 Milwaukee 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10266 Bridgeport 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roanoke - 4901 Henrietta Creek Road 154 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: 2024, 2023. 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.