Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing · North Carolina

Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP)

Research Triangle Park, NC · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP): 2.9 TCR = 87% of Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) safety composite

Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.2

2016→2018

Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) injury rate improved

Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP)'s TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325120 · Research Triangle Park, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Burlington ASU
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Burlington ASU (0.0 TCR gap)

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Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) falls in its industry

295 Gases, industrial (i.e., compr establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Gases, industrial (i.e., compr employers in North Carolina.

Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) (46 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 020406080100120 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP)
Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) (46 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Linde - Research Triangle Park (EPP) has more employees than the Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liq median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.3 4.2 3 0 0
2016 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325120 · NC · Research Triangle Park

295 Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 17 employers in Research Triangle Park, 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 Burlington ASU 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tualatin Packaged Gas Plant 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boise Fill Plant 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Linde - Otis 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harrells Facility 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buck Steam Station 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE KITTY HAWK AREA 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-NORTH CAROLINA.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK 5,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR RPL 3,425 FTE
CITY-NEAR GSK Field and Pharma Sales Field and Remote Workers 3,052 FTE
CITY-NEAR GlaxoSmithKline- RTP 1,812 FTE
NAT-TCR Victoria Fine Foods 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR OLA 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Rescar - Loc#270 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SAC - Snake Spring 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Business Data Services, Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bemis North America - Bellwood 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE QSI Pendergrass 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hoeger House 46 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.