Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · Tennessee

Memphis 4550

Memphis, TN · ~603 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Memphis 4550 runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade C.

Memphis 4550: 0.5 TCR = 108% of Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Memphis 4550 safety composite

Memphis 4550 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Memphis 4550: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2024

Memphis 4550's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2023 to 1.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Memphis, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.5 · 108% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO PepsiCo R&D Valhalla
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~603 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PepsiCo R&D Valhalla (0.0 TCR gap)

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Memphis 4550 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Memphis 4550 averages 0.5 TCR (108% of the Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

Memphis 4550 TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 0.5

Where Memphis 4550 falls in its industry

319 Medical research and developme establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Medical research and developme employers in Tennessee.

Memphis 4550 (603 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Memphis 4550
Memphis 4550 (603 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Memphis 4550 has more employees than the Medical research and development laborat median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 1.1 0.4 5 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · TN · Memphis

319 Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 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 PepsiCo R&D Valhalla 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR C6-GA 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lilly Biotechnology Center 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alios 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Starr Regional Medical Center 603 FTE
STATE-SIZE Akebono Brake Clarksville 602 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edwards Oil Company Inc. 604 FTE
STATE-SIZE 371 604 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Essential Medical Supply, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Stewart/Perry Company, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Minneapolis 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate Services Building 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tiffany and Company 603 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grace Schools 603 FTE
NAT-SIZE County of Sampson 603 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc. 603 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.

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