Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · North Carolina

BASF Charlotte Technical Center

Charlotte, NC · ~420 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BASF Charlotte Technical Center runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade A.

BASF Charlotte Technical Center: 0.2 TCR = 46% of Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BASF Charlotte Technical Center safety composite

BASF Charlotte Technical Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

BASF Charlotte Technical Center held a steady TCR band

BASF Charlotte Technical Center's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.2 in 2016 to 0.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.2 · 2017=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Charlotte, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/12
  • PHOTO BAE Systems
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~420 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BAE Systems (0.0 TCR gap)

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BASF Charlotte Technical Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BASF Charlotte Technical Center averages 0.2 TCR (46% of the Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

BASF Charlotte Technical Center TCR series: 2016=0.2 · 2017=0.2 · BLS 0.5

Where BASF Charlotte Technical Center falls in its industry

319 Chemical research and developm establishments

Safer than 82% 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 #5 safest of 12 Chemical research and developm employers in North Carolina.

BASF Charlotte Technical Center (420 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate BASF Charlotte Technical Center
BASF Charlotte Technical Center (420 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

BASF Charlotte Technical Center has more employees than the Chemical research and development labora median and a lower 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
2017 0.2 0.0 0 1 0
2016 0.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · NC · Charlotte

319 Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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 BAE Systems 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR HHO 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inotiv HQ 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Parata Corporate Headquarters 420 FTE
STATE-SIZE REN450 Brand Standards 420 FTE
STATE-SIZE Outer Banks Health Hospital 420 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Hardware and Manufacturing 419 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR MaverickConroe 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Industrial Solutions : IS - MFG US - Arecibo, PR 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lendlease Chicago 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kate Spade Corporate NY 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Memphis (Tnebr) 420 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pratt & Whitney Engine Services, Inc. Plant 81-West Virginia 420 FTE
NAT-SIZE PITP 420 FTE
NAT-SIZE GKN Emporium Automotive 420 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.