Employer · Massachusetts

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA · ~7,113 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dana Farber Cancer Institute runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Dana Farber Cancer Institute: 1.6 TCR = 43% of industry BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dana Farber Cancer Institute safety composite

Dana Farber Cancer Institute scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−4.0

2017→2024

Dana Farber Cancer Institute injury rate improved

Dana Farber Cancer Institute's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.6 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.6 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622310 · Boston, MA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 43% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #1/29
  • PHOTO ANDERSON REHAB HOSPI…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 168 inj
  • SIZE ~7,113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ANDERSON REHAB HOSPITAL 4098 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dana Farber Cancer Institute in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dana Farber Cancer Institute averages 1.6 TCR (43% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Dana Farber Cancer Institute TCR series: 2017=4.6 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.8

Where Dana Farber Cancer Institute falls in its industry

1,390 industry establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 29 industry employers in Massachusetts.

Dana Farber Cancer Institute (7,113 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Dana Farber Cancer Institute (7,113 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Dana Farber Cancer Institute has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 0.6 0.3 41 0 0
2023 0.6 0.2 39 0 0
2022 0.7 0.2 38 0 0
2017 4.6 2.6 50 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622310 · MA · Boston

1,390 industry 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 ANDERSON REHAB HOSPITAL 4098 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Select Specialty Hospital - Dallas Garland 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Child Crisis - Foster Care 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MERCY HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. 6,952 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mass General Brigham Inc 7,655 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tufts Medical Center 5,938 FTE
STATE-SIZE BMC - Baystate Medical Center 8,310 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 B. Braun Medical Inc. Alton Site 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mc Sst 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Niagara Bottling, LLC - Mesa 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Telamon Corporation - Fenton 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Supply Chain : Evendale, OH 7,118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Children's Hospital of Chicago Medical Center 7,120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hawthorne, CA 7,104 FTE
NAT-SIZE WA019 7,084 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, 2017. 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.