Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services · Maryland

Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID)

Name: Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Frederick, MD · ~53 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 0.0
Avg TCR: 0.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID) runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade C.

Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID): 0.0 TCR = 0% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID) safety composite

Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID) 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).

79/100

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 76% 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%).

Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID) held a steady TCR band

Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID)'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.0 TCR.

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Frederick, MD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #0/6
PHOTO GSK/ViiV- Durham
BOOK 3y book
INJ 0 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GSK/ViiV- Durham (0.1 TCR gap)

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GSK/ViiV- Durh

0.1
Syngenta Crop

0.1
International

0.1
Thermo Fisher

0.1
This site

0

What this shows Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID) averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID) falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 6 Biotechnology research and dev employers in Maryland.

Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID) (53 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Battelle - Fort Detrick (NIAID) has fewer employees than the Biotechnology research and development l 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · MD · Frederick

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 267 employers in Frederick, MD · 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	GSK/ViiV- Durham	DURHAM, NC	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC.	DURHAM, NC	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	International Flavors and Fragrances	WILMINGTON, DE	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thermo Fisher Scientific	SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA	0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Conowingo Generating Station	DARLINGTON	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cobb Road Facility	LANDOVER	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Office 71	LAUREL	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HESS Construction + Engineering Services	GAITHERSBURG	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MD-03	Frederick	4,250 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AstraZeneca Frederick Manufacturing Center	Frederick	775 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AstraZeneca Frederick Manufacturing	Frederick	711 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Thermo Fisher Scientific Frederick, MD (BID - Executive Way)	Frederick	568 FTE
NAT-TCR	TX-01	Austin, TX	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	NJ-05	Ewing Township, NJ	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	CT-02	Stamford, CT	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	AZ-01	Phoenix, AZ	0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	To The Resuce Colorado	Parker, CO	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	WIB Springfield	Springfield, MO	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RAH Phoenix Division Office/Home Gallery	Scottsdale, AZ	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Clover Technologies Group, LLC - Hoffman Barrington	Hoffman Estates, IL	53 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: 2018, 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.