Plasmapheresis centers · Illinois

BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma

Name: BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Wood River, IL · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plasmapheresis centers workplace, earning a grade D.

BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma: 4.8 TCR = 125% of Plasmapheresis centers BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma safety composite

BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Rising injury rate

BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma: 4.0 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2023

BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma's TCR rose 1.4 from 4.0 in 2022 to 5.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Wood River, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 125% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #43/69
PHOTO Sterling Heights 10164
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sterling Heights 10164 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma averages 4.8 TCR (125% of the Plasmapheresis centers BLS benchmark).

BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma TCR series: 2022=4 · 2023=5.5 · BLS 3.8

Where BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma falls in its industry

1,713 Plasmapheresis centers establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 69 Plasmapheresis centers employers in Illinois.

BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma (35 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

BioTek America, LLC - Wood River, IL dba Freedom Plasma has fewer employees than the Plasmapheresis centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2023	5.5	2.7	2	0	0
2022	4.0	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · IL · Wood River

1,713 Plasmapheresis centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 28 employers in Wood River, IL · 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	Sterling Heights 10164	STERLING HEIGHTS, MI	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TXSAZA-OPI-SAN ANTONIO-ZARZAMORA 121	SAN ANTONIO, TX	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	United Blood Services-Hattiesburg	HATTIESBURG, MS	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	St. Louis-Delmar, MO - IBBI	ST LOUIS, MO	4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Dynegy Kendall Energy LLC	MINOOKA	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc.	CARLINVILLE	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	South Beloit Office	SOUTH BELOIT	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DuPage Water Commission	ELMHURST	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alton	Wood River	1,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1071	Wood River	432 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1071	Wood River	416 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Wood River	Wood River	132 FTE
NAT-TCR	Stark Exterminators 3041	West Palm Beach, FL	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	4223-M2500	Lakeville, MN	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Harlow's School Bus Service of Montana - Kalispell	Kalispell, MT	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #1478 PITTSBURGH, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Southern States Milford Coop	Milford, DE	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Royal Park	Zeeland, MI	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VRS Austin, TX	Austin, TX	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ICT Riverside	Cartersville, GA	35 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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