Gene therapy preparations manufacturing · North Carolina

bluebird bio Research Triangle

Durham, NC · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

bluebird bio Research Triangle runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Gene therapy preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

bluebird bio Research Triangle: 0.4 TCR = 13% of Gene therapy preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

bluebird bio Research Triangle safety composite

bluebird bio Research Triangle scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

bluebird bio Research Triangle: 0.0 → 1.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 1.3 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2020

bluebird bio Research Triangle's TCR rose 1.3 from 0.0 in 2018 to 1.3 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325414 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 13% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #6/16
  • PHOTO Minaris Regenerative…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Minaris Regenerative Medicine (0.0 TCR gap)

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bluebird bio Research Triangle in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows bluebird bio Research Triangle averages 0.4 TCR (13% of the Gene therapy preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

bluebird bio Research Triangle TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where bluebird bio Research Triangle falls in its industry

234 Gene therapy preparations manu establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 16 Gene therapy preparations manu employers in North Carolina.

bluebird bio Research Triangle (65 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate bluebird bio Research Triangle
bluebird bio Research Triangle (65 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2

bluebird bio Research Triangle has fewer employees than the Gene therapy preparations 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
2020 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325414 · NC · Durham

234 Gene therapy preparations manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 Minaris Regenerative Medicine 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Biogen - US Field 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Regeneron - Industrial Operations and Product Supply (IOPS) 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Organon Teknika Facility 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE AgMart Produce, Inc. LELAND, NC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayo Fossil Plant 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newell Operations Center 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Kodak Research Labs 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago Office (1324) 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR North American Lighting - Corporate Office - Paris 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Northfield Corporate 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rockwell American - Plant 44 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE LCS:LC039 - LC039-Plant City, FL 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eureka Metal & Glass Services, Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allentown Hospice 65 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.