Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services · Massachusetts

North Andover Research and Development

North Andover, MA · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Andover Research and Development runs at 378% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services workplace, earning a grade F.

North Andover Research and Development: 1.9 TCR = 378% of Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Andover Research and Development safety composite

North Andover Research and Development scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2022→2024

North Andover Research and Development injury rate improved

North Andover Research and Development's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.4 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541380 · North Andover, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 1.9 · 378% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Food Safety Net Serv…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Food Safety Net Services, Ltd. - Fresno Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Andover Research and Development in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Andover Research and Development averages 1.9 TCR (378% of the Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services BLS benchmark).

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

North Andover Research and Development TCR series: 2022=1.4 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.5

Where North Andover Research and Development falls in its industry

232 Laboratory testing (except med establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Laboratory testing (except med employers in Massachusetts.

North Andover Research and Development (72 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate North Andover Research and Development
North Andover Research and Development (72 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0

North Andover Research and Development has fewer employees than the Laboratory testing (except medical, vete median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.3 0.0 3 0 0
2022 1.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541380 · MA · North Andover

232 Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 53 employers in North Andover, MA · 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 Food Safety Net Services, Ltd. - Fresno Lab 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Continental Tire Uvalde Proving Grounds 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PASC OSHA 300 Form Princeton, NJ 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westpak Inc 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ver-Tex Construction, Inc. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE RJV Construction Corp. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metro Glass & Metal LLC 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE 665 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BOS3 1,743 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #12 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edgewood Retirement Community, Inc. 287 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gourmet Specialty Foods, LLC 283 FTE
NAT-TCR Leprino Foods Company 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Morgan Advanced Materials 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Transfer Express 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Metals Recycling - Plymouth 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Monterey Pacific, LLC 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stine Natchitoches 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE LECO Corporation -- Machine Shop 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cherryfield Plant 72 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.