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
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).
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
- Ironwood-HQ
Ironwood-HQ
0.5 TCR
- DM Clinical Re
DM Clinical Research Corporate
0.5 TCR
- Janssen RandD 0.3
Janssen RandD Spring House
0.3 TCR
- This site 0.1
Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave.
0.1 TCR
- Milliken & Com 0.1
Milliken & Company- RMC (Corporate Headquarters)
0.1 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).
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 establishmentsSafer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 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 →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.