Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services (except nanobiotechnology research and development) · Massachusetts

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave.

Boston, MA · ~757 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services (except nanobiotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade A.

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave.: 0.1 TCR = 26% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services (except nanobiotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. safety composite

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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. Drydock Ave. held a steady TCR band

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.1 in 2023 to 0.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.1 · 2024=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541714 · Boston, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P90
  • PHOTO Milliken & Company- …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~757 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milliken & Company- RMC (Corporate Headquarters) (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. averages 0.1 TCR (26% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services (except nanobiotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. TCR series: 2023=0.1 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 0.5

Where Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. falls in its industry

21 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. (757 employees, TCR 0.1) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 915 employees and a TCR of 1.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 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 05,00010,00015,000 00.511.52 Average employees Total Case Rate Genentech SSFJanssen RandD Spring HouseMinnetonka, MNEncodia, Inc.HQ & FIELDMilliken & Company- RMC (Corporate Headquarters)Janssen Pharmaceutical RandD San DiegoPleasanton, CAGinkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave.
Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. (757 employees, TCR 0.1) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 915 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. has fewer employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541714 · MA · Boston

21 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services (except nanobiotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 577 employers in Boston, 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 Milliken & Company- RMC (Corporate Headquarters) 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Janssen RandD Spring House 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ironwood-HQ 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DM Clinical Research Corporate 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nova Biomedical Waltham 757 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2636-MASSACHUSETTS.BOXBOROUGH 756 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boylston St 753 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spaulding Hospital for Continuing Medical Care Cambridge 753 FTE
CITY-NEAR Massachusetts General Hospital 26,855 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham and Women's Hospital 19,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham and Womens Hospital 19,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham & Women's Hospital 18,260 FTE
NAT-TCR Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Topeka General Office 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR View 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Rolling Meadows 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Omaha Zoological Society 757 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bruckner 757 FTE
NAT-SIZE Headquarters Facilities Department 757 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woods Supermarket 757 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.