Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray) · Indiana

Central Lab

South Bend, IN · ~338 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Lab runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray) workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Lab: 6.3 TCR = 166% of Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray) BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Lab safety composite

Central Lab scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Central Lab: 5.5 → 7.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.11× in 2018

Central Lab's TCR rose 1.7 from 5.5 in 2016 to 7.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621511 · South Bend, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 166% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Mercy Laboratories
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~338 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mercy Laboratories (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Lab in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Lab averages 6.3 TCR (166% of the Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray) BLS benchmark).

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

Central Lab TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2018=7.1 · BLS 3.8

Where Central Lab falls in its industry

162 Medical laboratories (except r establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Medical laboratories (except r employers in Indiana.

Central Lab (338 employees, TCR 6.3) 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 Central Lab
Central Lab (338 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Central Lab has more employees than the Medical laboratories (except radiologica median and a higher 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
2018 7.1 0.7 21 0 0
2016 5.5 2.1 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621511 · IN · South Bend

162 Medical laboratories (except radiological, X-ray) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 318 employers in South Bend, IN · 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 Mercy Laboratories 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Bend Medical Foundation 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Office 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR WESTPAC LABS Central 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE GLOBAL PLASTICS 338 FTE
STATE-SIZE Multimatic Indiana 338 FTE
STATE-SIZE Multimatic Butler Indiana 338 FTE
STATE-SIZE US Foods Indianapolis 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hospital South Bend 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph County 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fourwinds Casino South Bend 1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honeywell IN08 810 FTE
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #78 (Rapid City, SD) 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Queensbury 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Killeen Machine Tool 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Equipment Corporation MR 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE A NLV Cab LLC 338 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marion Folding 338 FTE
NAT-SIZE ESLGCAHZ 338 FTE
NAT-SIZE FedEx Supply Chain - Capital Returns Milwaukee 338 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: 2018, 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.