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

Astellas Pharma US

Northbrook, IL · ~1,228 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Astellas Pharma US runs at 10% 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.

Astellas Pharma US: 0.3 TCR = 10% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Astellas Pharma US safety composite

Astellas Pharma US scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−0.7

2016→2024

Astellas Pharma US injury rate improved

Astellas Pharma US's TCR fell 0.7 from 0.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.7 · 2018=0.8 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.2 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Northbrook, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 10% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/31
  • PHOTO AstraZeneca - Mt.Ver…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~1,228 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AstraZeneca - Mt.Vernon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Astellas Pharma US in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Astellas Pharma US averages 0.3 TCR (10% 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

Astellas Pharma US TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2018=0.8 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.2 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Astellas Pharma US falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 31 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Illinois.

Astellas Pharma US (1,228 employees, TCR 0.3) 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 Astellas Pharma US
Astellas Pharma US (1,228 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Astellas Pharma US 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.3 0.3 5 0 0
2022 0.3 0.1 4 0 0
2021 0.2 0.1 2 0 0
2020 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.8 0.1 11 0 0
2016 0.7 0.0 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · IL · Northbrook

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 122 employers in Northbrook, IL · 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 AstraZeneca - Mt.Vernon 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Curia Massachusetts, Inc 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pfizer Vega Baja 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cytovance Biologics 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE CHICAGO STMP 1,226 FTE
STATE-SIZE OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center 1,221 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Knapheide Manufacturing Company 1,237 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office of Field Operations - Chicago 1,219 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma Global Development 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas US LLC 896 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILNOR - NORTHBROOK 780 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORTHBROOK (ILNOR) 760 FTE
NAT-TCR SpawGlass Contractors Inc. - NTX 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston Foam Plastics 3 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kirk Erectors 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Millwood, Inc. Corporate 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mondelez Global Great Lakes - Sales 1,228 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3803 - Topeka KS DC 1,228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phx-Ground Ops 1,228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cyient, Inc. 1,228 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 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.