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

KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road

Durham, NC · ~541 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road: 1.2 TCR = 38% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road safety composite

KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.8

2023→2024

KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road injury rate improved

KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road's TCR fell 1.8 from 2.1 in 2023 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.1 · 2024=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #27/47
  • PHOTO KBI Biopharma - Boul…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~541 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KBI Biopharma - Boulder (0.0 TCR gap)

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KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road averages 1.2 TCR (38% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road TCR series: 2023=2.1 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 3.3

Where KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 47 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in North Carolina.

KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road (541 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road
KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road (541 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

KBI Biopharma - Hamlin Road has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 0.4 0.2 2 0 0
2023 2.1 1.2 10 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · NC · Durham

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 KBI Biopharma - Boulder 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ICU Medical 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CSBio - Menlo Park 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE PBV-Garner 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE Salem Carriers, Inc. 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0040-CHS Stanly 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE Macon County, NC 540 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR KBI Biopharma - Boulder 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR american plant food corporation 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Midland Service Center 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Luckinbill Construction Company LLC. 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 425-DC425 541 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wayne Dalton 541 FTE
NAT-SIZE Exactech Gainesville 541 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raynor Garage Doors 541 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.