Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing · California

BD Biosciences

San Jose, CA · ~1,209 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BD Biosciences runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

BD Biosciences: 0.6 TCR = 17% of Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BD Biosciences safety composite

BD Biosciences scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

BD Biosciences held a steady TCR band

BD Biosciences's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.5 in 2017 to 0.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 0.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.5 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=0.8 · 2021=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · San Jose, CA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 17% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #9/51
  • PHOTO Bruker Nano Surfaces…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~1,209 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bruker Nano Surfaces - Santa Barbara (0.0 TCR gap)

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BD Biosciences in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BD Biosciences averages 0.6 TCR (17% of the Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BD Biosciences TCR series: 2017=0.5 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=0.8 · 2021=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where BD Biosciences falls in its industry

213 Laboratory analytical instrume establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 51 Laboratory analytical instrume employers in California.

BD Biosciences (1,209 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate BD Biosciences
BD Biosciences (1,209 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

BD Biosciences has more employees than the Laboratory analytical instruments (excep median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2021 0.3 0.1 4 0 0
2019 0.8 0.3 7 3 0
2018 0.6 0.3 6 1 0
2017 0.5 0.4 0 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · CA · San Jose

213 Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, CA · 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 Bruker Nano Surfaces - Santa Barbara 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADD-SC Hematology 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR XOS 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dynex Technologies, Inc. 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 056789-SAN FRANCISCO CA P&DC 1,208 FTE
STATE-SIZE CA814 ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL EUREKA HR 1,210 FTE
STATE-SIZE 02821701 ANTIOCH MEDICAL CENTER 1,210 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chevron El Segundo Refinery 1,211 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR 42621f - Lancaster Pa Bins 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 42611c - Cumberland Md Bins 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR United Producers, Inc. - Corporate Office 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Instrumentation : Mauston 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Joseph Hospital of Nashua, N.H. 1,209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital 1,209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - KILN 1,209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sanderson Farms Collins Processing 1,209 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: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.