In-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing · Tennessee

Meridian Life Science - TN

Memphis, TN · ~76 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Meridian Life Science - TN runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical In-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Meridian Life Science - TN: 2.8 TCR = 85% of In-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meridian Life Science - TN safety composite

Meridian Life Science - TN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Meridian Life Science - TN: 2.5 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2019

Meridian Life Science - TN's TCR rose 0.5 from 2.5 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325413 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK P17
  • PHOTO EKF Diagnostics - Li…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EKF Diagnostics - Life Sciences (0.1 TCR gap)

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Meridian Life Science - TN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Meridian Life Science - TN averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the In-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Meridian Life Science - TN TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Meridian Life Science - TN falls in its industry

201 In-vitro diagnostic substances establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Meridian Life Science - TN (76 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4 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 02,0004,0006,000 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate Meridian Life Science - TN
Meridian Life Science - TN (76 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

Meridian Life Science - TN has fewer employees than the In-vitro diagnostic substances manufactu median and a higher 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 Fatalities
2019 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2018 2.8 1.4 1 1 0
2016 2.5 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325413 · TN · Memphis

201 In-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing 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 EKF Diagnostics - Life Sciences 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BD-Burlington 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diasorin Molecular 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NA facility 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kingsport Svc Ctr 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dickson Electric System 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knoxville 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frontier Basement Systems 76 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 MotivePower 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Farstad Oil Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR FCE - Tampa, FL 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Easter Seals Hawaii - Maui Service Center 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Main 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE A Rental Connection 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Jersey American Water-Shrewsbury 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHC of Williamsburg 76 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.

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