Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services · Massachusetts

EMD Serono Research And Development Institute

Billerica, MA · ~608 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EMD Serono Research And Development Institute runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade B.

EMD Serono Research And Development Institute: 0.4 TCR = 80% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EMD Serono Research And Development Institute safety composite

EMD Serono Research And Development Institute 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

EMD Serono Research And Development Institute held a steady TCR band

EMD Serono Research And Development Institute's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.4 in 2016 to 0.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.4 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Billerica, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 0.4 · 80% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/23
  • PHOTO Elementis
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~608 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elementis (0.0 TCR gap)

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EMD Serono Research And Development Institute in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EMD Serono Research And Development Institute averages 0.4 TCR (80% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

EMD Serono Research And Development Institute TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.1 · BLS 0.5

Where EMD Serono Research And Development Institute falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 23 Biotechnology research and dev employers in Massachusetts.

EMD Serono Research And Development Institute (608 employees, TCR 0.4) 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 EMD Serono Research And Development Institute
EMD Serono Research And Development Institute (608 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

EMD Serono Research And Development Institute has more 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2018 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.6 0.6 4 0 0
2016 0.4 0.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · MA · Billerica

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 89 employers in Billerica, 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 Elementis 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Celgene Corp. - Summit East 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bayer Crop Science Innovation Center 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE ISO New England Inc. 610 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shire: 95 Hayden 606 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haemonetics - Braintree 606 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franciscan Childrens 606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Quanterix Headquarters 408 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bruker Scientific LLC 354 FTE
CITY-NEAR Digital Solutions : MS - Billerica, MA 342 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bruker Daltonics 298 FTE
NAT-TCR Purdue Pharma Manufacturing L.P. 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Arris 5 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ritz Carlton Residences Waikiki 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AptarGroup Inc- Eatontown 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE NDT 608 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bravo! Facility Services, Inc. 608 FTE
NAT-SIZE Masters Gallery Foods, Inc. 608 FTE
NAT-SIZE Louisville - LOU 608 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.