Patent medicine preparations manufacturing · California

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Novato, CA · ~2,276 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Patent medicine preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Patent medicine preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. safety composite

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2019→2024

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. injury rate improved

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.4 from 0.9 in 2019 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.9 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=1.0 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Novato, CA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #11/79
  • PHOTO BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~2,276 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB MANUFACTURING COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)

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BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Patent medicine preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. TCR series: 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=1 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. falls in its industry

855 Patent medicine preparations m establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 79 Patent medicine preparations m employers in California.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (2,276 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (2,276 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. has more employees than the Patent medicine preparations manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2024 0.5 0.3 10 1 0
2022 1.0 0.7 11 9 0
2021 0.6 0.1 5 6 0
2020 0.7 0.3 11 3 0
2019 0.9 0.4 13 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · CA · Novato

855 Patent medicine preparations manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 79 employers in Novato, 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 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SOFIE - Haverhill 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCI of Rockford 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPI Pharma 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Irvine Company Apartment Commumities 2,276 FTE
STATE-SIZE CA131 PROVIDENCE SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CTR-BURB 2,277 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4701-694 2,273 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 426 2,272 FTE
CITY-NEAR Township Building Services, Inc. 1,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Bay Hospitals (30256) 355 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novato Community Hospital (274-NC-HSP) 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0141 - NOVATO CA WHSE 325 FTE
NAT-TCR RES Corporate Headquarters - Houston 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rebar Supply Co. Ltd. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation - Magna 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Health LV3 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pfizer, Inc. 2,276 FTE
NAT-SIZE tsmc 2,276 FTE
NAT-SIZE Guardian Service Industries, Inc. 2,276 FTE
NAT-SIZE MGM Grand Detroit 2,277 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: 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.