Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing · Massachusetts

Nova Biomedical Waltham

Waltham, MA · ~757 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nova Biomedical Waltham runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Nova Biomedical Waltham: 1.4 TCR = 43% of Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nova Biomedical Waltham safety composite

Nova Biomedical Waltham scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−0.4

2019→2024

Nova Biomedical Waltham injury rate improved

Nova Biomedical Waltham's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.7 in 2019 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.7 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · Waltham, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 43% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #24/33
  • PHOTO LECO Corporation- He…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 61 inj
  • SIZE ~757 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LECO Corporation- Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nova Biomedical Waltham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nova Biomedical Waltham averages 1.4 TCR (43% of the Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nova Biomedical Waltham TCR series: 2019=1.7 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Nova Biomedical Waltham falls in its industry

213 Laboratory analytical instrume establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 33 Laboratory analytical instrume employers in Massachusetts.

Nova Biomedical Waltham (757 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Nova Biomedical Waltham
Nova Biomedical Waltham (757 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Nova Biomedical Waltham has more employees than the Laboratory analytical instruments (excep median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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 1.3 1.3 9 0 0
2023 1.3 0.8 11 0 0
2022 1.5 1.2 14 0 0
2021 1.8 1.4 8 8 0
2020 0.9 0.9 8 0 0
2019 1.7 1.3 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · MA · Waltham

213 Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 118 employers in Waltham, 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 LECO Corporation- Headquarters 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coherent, Inc. Wilsonville 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR IDEX Health & Science 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2967-MA148 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. Drydock Ave. 757 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2636-MASSACHUSETTS.BOXBOROUGH 756 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boylston St 753 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spaulding Hospital for Continuing Medical Care Cambridge 753 FTE
CITY-NEAR RESERVOIR WOODS (MA42) 2,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR 170 Data Drive Work Location-MAAV 1,985 FTE
CITY-NEAR RESERVOIR WOODS-MA42 1,736 FTE
CITY-NEAR Partners Home Care Inc 786 FTE
NAT-TCR ITG Brands - Danville Operations 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 0f71 - San Antonio Fas 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Site Contractors 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 173 - Portland or Fas 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Koch Development Corporation 757 FTE
NAT-SIZE WGL VA - Springfield 757 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foodservice Atlanta - 0705 757 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evonik Corporation 757 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.