In-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing · Ohio

Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main

Name: Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cincinnati, OH · ~245 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical In-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main: 0.9 TCR = 27% of In-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main safety composite

Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main held a steady TCR band

Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.9 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325413 · Cincinnati, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 27% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #2/5
PHOTO Immucor Norcross
BOOK 5y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~245 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Immucor Norcross (0.0 TCR gap)

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Immucor Norcro

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Newark Site

0.9
Pleasanton Sit

0.9
Becton Dickins

0.9

What this shows Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main averages 0.9 TCR (27% of the In-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main TCR series: 2020=0.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main falls in its industry

201 In-vitro diagnostic substances establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 In-vitro diagnostic substances employers in Ohio.

Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main (245 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

Meridian Bioscience Inc - Main has more employees than the In-vitro diagnostic substances manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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
2024	0.8	0.8	2	0
2023	0.5	0.5	1	0
2022	2.2	2.2	5	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0
2020	0.9	0.5	1	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325413 · OH · Cincinnati

201 In-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,513 employers in Cincinnati, OH · 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	Immucor Norcross	NORCROSS, GA	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Newark Site	NEWARK, DE	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pleasanton Site	PLEASANTON, CA	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Systems Baltimore	SPARKS, MD	0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Crocs Inc Nile	VANDALIA	245 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Red Diamond Plant	MCARTHUR	245 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AGC Automotive AVO	BELLEFONTAINE	245 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hydro - Sidney	SIDNEY	245 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Cincinnati	17,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cincinnati Operations	Cincinnati	10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Supply Chain : Evendale, OH	Cincinnati	7,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Supply Chain Evendale OH	Cincinnati	6,400 FTE
NAT-TCR	The Kenyon Company, LLC d/b/a Dana B. Kenyon Company	Jacksonville, FL	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Coles Carbide Corporation	Bakersfield, CA	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bruce Lumber Mill	Bruce, MS	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meltric Corporation	Franklin, WI	0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	PA-Mechanicsburg	Mechanicsburg, PA	245 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1528 - Bethel	Bethel, CT	245 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1153 - Brick	Brick, NJ	245 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1752 - Sandy South Towne	Sandy, UT	245 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.