Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Massachusetts

Ironwood-HQ

Name: Ironwood-HQ Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cambridge, MA · ~451 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 0.5
Avg TCR: 0.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ironwood-HQ runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ironwood-HQ: 0.5 TCR = 98% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ironwood-HQ safety composite

Ironwood-HQ scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
DART rate: F 0.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Ironwood-HQ held a steady TCR band

Ironwood-HQ's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.3 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.3 · 2017=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 0.5 · 98% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK P81
PHOTO DM Clinical Research…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~451 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DM Clinical Research Corporate (0.1 TCR gap)

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HQ & FIELD

0.7
LanzaTech

0.6
This site

0.5
DM Clinical Re

0.5
Janssen RandD

0.3

What this shows Ironwood-HQ averages 0.5 TCR (98% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ironwood-HQ TCR series: 2016=0.3 · 2017=0.7 · BLS 0.5

Where Ironwood-HQ falls in its industry

21 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Ironwood-HQ (451 employees, TCR 0.5) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 915 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Ironwood-HQ has fewer employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu 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
2017	0.7	0.3	4	0	0
2016	0.3	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541714 · MA · Cambridge

21 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 149 employers in Cambridge, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	DM Clinical Research Corporate	HOUSTON, TX	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LanzaTech	SKOKIE, IL	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Janssen RandD Spring House	SPRING HOUSE, PA	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HQ & FIELD	MASON, OH	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kettle Cuisine	LYNN	451 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MACOM Lowell	LOWELL	451 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Riverbend Medical Group	CHICOPEE	450 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MASPR - SPRINGFIELD	W SPRINGFIELD	449 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Philips NAM Field Sales & Service	Cambridge	5,136 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vinfen Corporation	Cambridge	2,662 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Biogen - Cambridge	Cambridge	2,478 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cambridge Campus	Cambridge	2,473 FTE
NAT-TCR	LA N Myers	Los Angeles, CA	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	AMTOPP Phoenix	Phoenix, AZ	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wichita KS Main	Wichita, KS	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	CINGWA0059	Bothell, WA	0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rai Hq Ind	Indianapolis, IN	451 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lumentum Corporate	Milpitas, CA	451 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hodge Mill	Hodge, LA	451 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sproul Warehouse	Claysburg, PA	451 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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