Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing · Massachusetts

EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby

Name: EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby Workplace Safety Data
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Bedford, MA · ~395 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby: 0.6 TCR = 19% of Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby safety composite

EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby held a steady TCR band

EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.7 in 2020 to 0.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 0.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.7 · 2021=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339999 · Bedford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 19% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #5/14
PHOTO Leonardo Electroincs…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~395 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Leonardo Electroincs US (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby averages 0.6 TCR (19% of the Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby TCR series: 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby falls in its industry

281 Novelties, not specified elsew establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 14 Novelties, not specified elsew employers in Massachusetts.

EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby (395 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.2

EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby has more employees than the Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2021	0.5	0.0	2	0	0
2020	0.7	0.3	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339999 · MA · Bedford

281 Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 50 employers in Bedford, MA · 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	Leonardo Electroincs US	HUNTSVILLE, AL	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Appleton WI	APPLETON, WI	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Penwal Industries, Inc	RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cathedral Art Metal Co., Inc.	PROVIDENCE, RI	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SPS New England Inc.	SALISBURY	395 FTE
STATE-SIZE	U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA	CHICOPEE	395 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Thomas G. Gallagher, Inc.	WALTHAM	394 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ADESA	FRAMINGHAM	396 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Instrumentation Laboratory	Bedford	1,248 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bedford - 174 Middlesex Pkwy	Bedford	453 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby and 75 Wiggins	Bedford	422 FTE
CITY-NEAR	State Electric Corporation	Bedford	419 FTE
NAT-TCR	SFC Contract Services - Robeline	Robeline, LA	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Laurel Hatchery	Laurel, MS	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Moosic	Moosic, PA	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Multiwall Packaging - Taylor	East Providence, RI	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lourdes Medical Center	Pasco, WA	395 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BG - Holley Performance Products, Inc.	Bowling Green, KY	395 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6458-ZSOB	South Bend, IN	395 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Awg - Pearl River	Slidell, LA	395 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: 2021, 2020. 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.