Culture media manufacturing · North Carolina

Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance

Name: Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Research Triangle Park, NC · ~1,364 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Culture media manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance: 0.4 TCR = 11% of Culture media manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance safety composite

Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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%).

Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance held a steady TCR band

Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.3 in 2018 to 0.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.3 · 2019=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325414 · Research Triangle Park, NC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 11% of ind

DART 0.1 DART
RANK #4/16
PHOTO BI Vet Medica
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~1,364 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BI Vet Medica (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.4
BI Vet Medica

0.4
AstraZeneca PL

0.4
Millennium Pha

0.4
Andelyn Biosci

0.3

What this shows Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance averages 0.4 TCR (11% of the Culture media manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance TCR series: 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance falls in its industry

234 Culture media manufacturing establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 16 Culture media manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance (1,364 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Biogen Inc - RTP Drug Substance has more employees than the Culture media manufacturing 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
2019	0.5	0.1	6	0	0
2018	0.3	0.2	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325414 · NC · Research Triangle Park

234 Culture media manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 17 employers in Research Triangle Park, NC · 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	BI Vet Medica	DULUTH, GA	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AstraZeneca PLP	PHILADELPHIA, PA	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.	BROOKLYN PARK, MN	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Andelyn Biosciences - Corporate Center	COLUMBUS, OH	0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Frye Regional Medical Center	HICKORY	1,363 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Biogen Inc RTP Bio	DURHAM	1,370 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ashley Furniture Industries Inc	ADVANCE	1,358 FTE
STATE-SIZE	High Point Medical Center	HIGH POINT	1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2636-NORTH CAROLINA.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK	Research Triangle Park	5,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RPL	Research Triangle Park	3,425 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GSK Field and Pharma Sales Field and Remote Workers	Research Triangle Park	3,052 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GlaxoSmithKline- RTP	Research Triangle Park	1,812 FTE
NAT-TCR	Kingsport Service Center	Kingsport, TN	0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fort Wayne One Summit Square	Ft Wayne, IN	0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nissan Midwest - Aurora	Aurora, IL	0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	CRP001 VCA Corp Office Bldgs A, B, C	Los Angeles, CA	0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Raytheon_Woburn_MA	Woburn, MA	1,364 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Corporate	Vienna, VA	1,364 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Finnmax LLC	Beverly Hills, CA	1,364 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, Rocket Center, WV	Rocket Center, WV	1,364 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: 2019, 2018. 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.