Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services · Colorado

Battelle - Pueblo Operations

Pueblo, CO · ~230 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Battelle - Pueblo Operations runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade D.

Battelle - Pueblo Operations: 0.9 TCR = 172% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Battelle - Pueblo Operations safety composite

Battelle - Pueblo Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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 - Pueblo Operations held a steady TCR band

Battelle - Pueblo Operations's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.2 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Pueblo, CO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 0.9 · 172% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK P44
  • PHOTO PPD Global Central L…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~230 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Battelle - Pueblo Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Battelle - Pueblo Operations averages 0.9 TCR (172% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

Battelle - Pueblo Operations TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.3 · BLS 0.5

Where Battelle - Pueblo Operations falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Battelle - Pueblo Operations (230 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Battelle - Pueblo Operations
Battelle - Pueblo Operations (230 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Battelle - Pueblo Operations has fewer employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a higher 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 1.3 1.3 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.2 1.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · CO · Pueblo

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 209 employers in Pueblo, CO · 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 PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5 Orville Drive ( with Satellite office at 545-1 Johnson Ave 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baylor Research Institute 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michigan Critical Care Consultants 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trautman & Shreve, Inc 230 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5676 230 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concrete Express Inc 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE Front Range 229 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Medical Center 2,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Health System 2,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center 1,451 FTE
CITY-NEAR EVRAZ Pueblo 1,128 FTE
NAT-TCR NEJ, Inc. Waterbury 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Grass Golden Corral - Winchester 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hodge Mill 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc. Columbus OH 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holland - SB 230 FTE
NAT-SIZE Premier Tooling & Manufacturing, Inc. 230 FTE
NAT-SIZE Doubletree Hotel, Portland OR 230 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sacramento Gateway (Camat) 230 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.