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

DuPont Industrial Sciences

Palo Alto, CA · ~242 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DuPont Industrial Sciences runs at 1194% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in industrial research workplace, earning a grade F.

DuPont Industrial Sciences: 6.0 TCR = 1194% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in industrial research BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DuPont Industrial Sciences safety composite

DuPont Industrial Sciences scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.4

2017→2018

DuPont Industrial Sciences injury rate improved

DuPont Industrial Sciences's TCR fell 3.4 from 7.7 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2018=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Palo Alto, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 1194% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #49/51
  • PHOTO Battelle - West Jeff…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~242 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Battelle - West Jefferson Middle Area (0.4 TCR gap)

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DuPont Industrial Sciences in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DuPont Industrial Sciences averages 6.0 TCR (1194% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in industrial research BLS benchmark).

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

DuPont Industrial Sciences TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2018=4.3 · BLS 0.5

Where DuPont Industrial Sciences falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 51 Biotechnology research and dev employers in California.

DuPont Industrial Sciences (242 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 DuPont Industrial Sciences
DuPont Industrial Sciences (242 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

DuPont Industrial Sciences has fewer employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a higher 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
2018 4.3 1.1 4 0 0
2017 7.7 3.3 7 0 0

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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Battelle - West Jefferson Middle Area 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charles River Labs - Worcester 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evolved By Nature Walpole 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heliae Development, LLC 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2400-Oxnard, CA (Monsanto Co.) 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHI Employee Benefit Company 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE NCVM 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Santa Rosa - Water Department 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stanford Health Care 16,371 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office 1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR Varian, Palo Alto 1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) 1,227 FTE
NAT-TCR AKA Tree Removal 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 507 ABC Supply Co., Inc 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Dartmouth (Madar) 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Peru (Ilper) 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 070 Texas Health Organization for Physicians 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Penske : 5194-00 Starbucks-DCM/Dallas, TX 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Republic National Distributing Company 11 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital of Kyle 242 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.