Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in health sciences · Massachusetts

Boston, MA Facility

Boston, MA · ~458 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Boston, MA Facility runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in health sciences workplace, earning a grade D.

Boston, MA Facility: 0.6 TCR = 126% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in health sciences BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Boston, MA Facility safety composite

Boston, MA Facility scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Boston, MA Facility: 0.2 → 1.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 1.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2017

Boston, MA Facility's TCR rose 0.8 from 0.2 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Boston, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 0.6 · 126% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #18/23
  • PHOTO Vyriad
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~458 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vyriad (0.0 TCR gap)

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Boston, MA Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Boston, MA Facility averages 0.6 TCR (126% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in health sciences BLS benchmark).

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

Boston, MA Facility TCR series: 2016=0.2 · 2017=1 · BLS 0.5

Where Boston, MA Facility falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 23 Biotechnology research and dev employers in Massachusetts.

Boston, MA Facility (458 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Boston, MA Facility
Boston, MA Facility (458 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Boston, MA Facility has more employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2017 1.0 0.4 5 0 0
2016 0.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · MA · Boston

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in health sciences employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 577 employers in Boston, MA · 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 Vyriad 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battelle Columbus Operations 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hopewell 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sensitech Inc 458 FTE
STATE-SIZE MA524222 458 FTE
STATE-SIZE AB SCIEX LLC 459 FTE
STATE-SIZE Market Basket #09 459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Massachusetts General Hospital 26,855 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham and Women's Hospital 19,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham and Womens Hospital 19,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham & Women's Hospital 18,260 FTE
NAT-TCR CORE Construction Services of Illinois, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HQ East 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HBSHSENJ11 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Athlon Solutions- Bayport 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE IHC 458 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mahaska County Hospital dba Mahaska Health Partnership 458 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meadville Operations 458 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal LG - Ocala LG 458 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: 2017, 2016. 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.