Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in industrial research · California

Danisco Us Inc.

Name: Danisco Us Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Palo Alto, CA · ~209 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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Average Safety Record: 0.5
Avg TCR: 0.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Danisco Us Inc. runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in industrial research workplace, earning a grade C.

Danisco Us Inc.: 0.5 TCR = 98% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in industrial research BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Danisco Us Inc. safety composite

Danisco Us Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

Danisco Us Inc.: 0.5 → 1.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Danisco Us Inc.'s TCR rose 0.5 from 0.5 in 2021 to 1.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Palo Alto, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.5 · 98% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #10/51
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BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~209 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Supernus Pharmaceuticals (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Danisco Us Inc. averages 0.5 TCR (98% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in industrial research BLS benchmark).

Danisco Us Inc. TCR series: 2021=0.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=1 · BLS 0.5

Where Danisco Us Inc. falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 51 Biotechnology research and dev employers in California.

Danisco Us Inc. (209 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Danisco Us Inc. has fewer 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
2024	1.0	0.0	2
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2021	0.5	0.5	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · CA · Palo Alto

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in industrial research employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 116 employers in Palo Alto, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Supernus Pharmaceuticals	ROCKVILLE, MD	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Teva Branded Pharma R&D at West Chester	WEST CHESTER, PA	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Johnson and Johnson Vision Santa Ana	SANTA ANA, CA	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Genentech	VACAVILLE, CA	0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Valle Del Sol	REEDLEY	209 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CA-Dominguez Hills S/C	COMPTON	209 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CENTRAL DISTRICT - POWER	LOS ANGELES	209 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Christian Brothers Mechanical Services, Inc.	MIRA LOMA	209 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto	16,371 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office	Palo Alto	1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Varian, Palo Alto	Palo Alto	1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110)	Palo Alto	1,227 FTE
NAT-TCR	Marc Glassman Inc 40MY	South Euclid, OH	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ziamatic Corporation	Yardley, PA	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Banner Metalcraft Inc.	Ronkonkoma, NY	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	West Alabama Mechanical, Inc.	Moundville, AL	0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mooresville, NC	Mooresville, NC	209 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Communication Service for the Deaf, Inc.	Austin, TX	209 FTE
NAT-SIZE	274 - Grafton WI	Grafton, WI	209 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Teledyne LeCroy New York	Chestnut Ridge, NY	209 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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