Culture media manufacturing · North Carolina

KBI Biopharma - RTP

Durham, NC · ~117 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KBI Biopharma - RTP runs at 5% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Culture media manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

KBI Biopharma - RTP: 0.2 TCR = 5% of Culture media manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KBI Biopharma - RTP safety composite

KBI Biopharma - RTP scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

KBI Biopharma - RTP held a steady TCR band

KBI Biopharma - RTP's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325414 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 5% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/16
  • PHOTO Durham, NC Facility
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Durham, NC Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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KBI Biopharma - RTP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KBI Biopharma - RTP averages 0.2 TCR (5% of the Culture media manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KBI Biopharma - RTP TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where KBI Biopharma - RTP falls in its industry

234 Culture media manufacturing establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 16 Culture media manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

KBI Biopharma - RTP (117 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate KBI Biopharma - RTP
KBI Biopharma - RTP (117 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2

KBI Biopharma - RTP has fewer employees than the Culture media manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325414 · NC · Durham

234 Culture media 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 Durham, NC Facility 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elanco Augusta Technical Center 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZ-CO 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shire: Bannockburn 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE North Carolina 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haskells Hardware LLC 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hunter Construction Group Inc 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bernhard MCC L.L.C. MNC 117 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 1717 Main Street 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR M.a.D.H. Gin, Inc. 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Zoetis Exton - Customer Service 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ArcelorMittal Corporate - Chicago 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Construction and Sevrice 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crystal Pines Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn Taunton 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE LGA 117 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.