Gene therapy preparations manufacturing · North Carolina

Novartis GTx Durham

Durham, NC · ~366 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Novartis GTx Durham runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Gene therapy preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Novartis GTx Durham: 0.5 TCR = 16% of Gene therapy preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novartis GTx Durham safety composite

Novartis GTx Durham scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−0.7

2022→2024

Novartis GTx Durham injury rate improved

Novartis GTx Durham's TCR fell 0.7 from 1.0 in 2022 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.0 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325414 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 16% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/16
  • PHOTO CELLECTIS BIOLOGICS …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~366 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CELLECTIS BIOLOGICS INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Novartis GTx Durham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Novartis GTx Durham averages 0.5 TCR (16% of the Gene therapy preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Novartis GTx Durham TCR series: 2022=1 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Novartis GTx Durham falls in its industry

234 Gene therapy preparations manu establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 16 Gene therapy preparations manu employers in North Carolina.

Novartis GTx Durham (366 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Novartis GTx Durham
Novartis GTx Durham (366 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Novartis GTx Durham has more employees than the Gene therapy preparations manufacturing median and a lower 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 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.0 0.8 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325414 · NC · Durham

234 Gene therapy preparations manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 CELLECTIS BIOLOGICS INC. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Merck Teknika Facility 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spark Therapeutics, Inc 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoetis LLC. 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mickey Truck Bodies 366 FTE
STATE-SIZE 274100003 366 FTE
STATE-SIZE LORD Corporation - HQ 366 FTE
STATE-SIZE DLP Western Carolina Physician Practices 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR PennStar - Northampton 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Force Electrical Services 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TheBest Claims Solutions, Inc. Phoenix AZ 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenville Metal Works Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mansfield Plumbing Products- Perrysville 366 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1887 - Mt Vernon 366 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - SFL3 366 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DVA2 366 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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