Biotechnology research and development laboratories or service in botany · California

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA

West Sacramento, CA · ~105 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or service in botany workplace, earning a grade C.

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or service in botany BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA safety composite

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% 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%).

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA held a steady TCR band

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.0 TCR.

2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · West Sacramento, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/51
  • PHOTO GSK/ViiV- Durham
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GSK/ViiV- Durham (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or service in botany BLS benchmark).

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

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 100% 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 #0 safest of 51 Biotechnology research and dev employers in California.

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA (105 employees, TCR 0.0) 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 Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA
Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA (105 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. 890 Embarcadero Drive, West Sacramento, CA has fewer 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · CA · West Sacramento

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or service in botany employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 188 employers in West Sacramento, 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 GSK/ViiV- Durham 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC. 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Flavors and Fragrances 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermo Fisher Scientific 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Villa Park Riverside 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zion Harvest 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fowler Packing Farm Management 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE SATICOY BASE - 15 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR HEADQUARTERS: COMBINED ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS 6,971 FTE
CITY-NEAR Administration 4,185 FTE
CITY-NEAR Department of General Services 3,631 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 36 2,161 FTE
NAT-TCR 2000 St James Place 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pegasus Painting & Waterproofing LLC. 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bilow Farms, LLC 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Shore Electric Corp 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Phoenix 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE SIMSBURY 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nashville Hauling 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gerrity's Supermarkets, Moosic 105 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.