Gene therapy preparations manufacturing · Ohio

Forge Biologics

Grove City, OH · ~254 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Forge Biologics runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Gene therapy preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Forge Biologics: 0.9 TCR = 27% of Gene therapy preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Forge Biologics safety composite

Forge Biologics scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−0.5

2021→2024

Forge Biologics injury rate improved

Forge Biologics's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.4 in 2021 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.4 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325414 · Grove City, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 27% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Bristol Myers Squibb…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~254 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bristol Myers Squibb Cell Therapy Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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Forge Biologics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Forge Biologics averages 0.9 TCR (27% of the Gene therapy preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Forge Biologics TCR series: 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Forge Biologics falls in its industry

234 Gene therapy preparations manu establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Gene therapy preparations manu employers in Ohio.

Forge Biologics (254 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Forge Biologics
Forge Biologics (254 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Forge Biologics has more employees than the Gene therapy preparations manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2024 0.9 0.3 2 1 0
2023 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.9 0.5 2 0 0
2021 1.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325414 · OH · Grove City

234 Gene therapy preparations manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 139 employers in Grove City, OH · 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 Bristol Myers Squibb Cell Therapy Operations 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ThermoFisher Scientific 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pfizer PGS Sanford 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jackson ImmunoResearch 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE JBT Sandusky 254 FTE
STATE-SIZE DRB Akron 254 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acme Fresh Market #14 254 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2250 254 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-COLO 1,602 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital 1,403 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6024 1,073 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6024 1,052 FTE
NAT-TCR Denali Universal Services 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Top Bingo 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR MacAllister Rental Galesburg 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Burlington Finishing Plant 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DLN3 254 FTE
NAT-SIZE NA Mfg Lincoln 254 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - DEN 254 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diversey - Florence 254 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, 2021. 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.