DNA testing laboratories · Virginia

Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc.

Lorton, VA · ~216 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical DNA testing laboratories workplace, earning a grade B.

Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 76% of DNA testing laboratories BLS 3.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. safety composite

Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.7

2019→2024

Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. injury rate improved

Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc.'s TCR fell 3.7 from 5.1 in 2019 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.1 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621511 · Lorton, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Gateway Genomics
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~216 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gateway Genomics (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (76% of the DNA testing laboratories BLS benchmark).

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

Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. TCR series: 2019=5.1 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.8

Where Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. falls in its industry

162 DNA testing laboratories establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 DNA testing laboratories employers in Virginia.

Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. (216 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc.
Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. (216 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. has more employees than the DNA testing laboratories median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 1.4 0.0 2 1 0
2023 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 5.5 0.0 10 0 0
2021 2.6 0.0 6 0 0
2020 2.3 0.6 2 2 0
2019 5.1 0.0 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621511 · VA · Lorton

162 DNA testing laboratories employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 64 employers in Lorton, VA · 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 Gateway Genomics 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Interstate Blood Bank - Laboratory - Memphis, TN 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RBM 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Diagnostics 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tessy Plastics, LLC 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sam Moore Furniture 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richmond PVA 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE 029-00345 216 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lorton Transportation Center 1,372 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7040 TRANSIT REGION-DIAMOND TRANSPORTATION 361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maryland 316 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia 313 FTE
NAT-TCR Vancouver WA 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Balfour Kentucky Graphics 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office - 01 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-Valley Gravel Co 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 011f - Yonkers Ny Rntl 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marriott's Grand Chateau 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE TAMU Maint ENG 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0634 - Ann Arbor 216 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.