Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · Pennsylvania

Frontage Laboratories

Exton, PA · ~86 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Frontage Laboratories runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade D.

Frontage Laboratories: 1.0 TCR = 194% of Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Frontage Laboratories safety composite

Frontage Laboratories scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 0% 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

−1.5

2018→2020

Frontage Laboratories injury rate improved

Frontage Laboratories's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Exton, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.0 · 194% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/23
  • PHOTO James Ford Bell R&D …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: James Ford Bell R&D Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Frontage Laboratories in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Frontage Laboratories averages 1.0 TCR (194% of the Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

Frontage Laboratories TCR series: 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Frontage Laboratories falls in its industry

319 Chemical research and developm establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 23 Chemical research and developm employers in Pennsylvania.

Frontage Laboratories (86 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Frontage Laboratories
Frontage Laboratories (86 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Frontage Laboratories has fewer employees than the Chemical research and development labora 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2018 1.5 0.0 0 1 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · PA · Exton

319 Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 138 employers in Exton, PA · 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 James Ford Bell R&D Center 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR R&D 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Space Dynamics Laboratory North Logan 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nestle Development Center 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CT Bartoli Mushrooms, Inc. 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Exelon Power Labs 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luzerne Service Building 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE 908-NiSource-Canonsburg-SPT PA 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bentley Systems, Incorporated 1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton 531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brian's House Inc 416 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shire: Exton 385 FTE
NAT-TCR Caruthersville 435 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Foster City 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Philips Volcano-San Diego 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rubbermaid Distribution Center 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alure 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Village Farms, Permian Basin 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Surry Community Health and Rehabilitation Center 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE T.E. Reilly, Inc. 86 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.