Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services · California

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc

Emeryville, CA · ~220 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade D.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc: 0.6 TCR = 124% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc safety composite

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc held a steady TCR band

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.8 in 2017 to 0.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.8 · 2018=0.4 · 2020=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Emeryville, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 0.6 · 124% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/51
  • PHOTO Syros Pharmaceutical…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~220 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc averages 0.6 TCR (124% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc TCR series: 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.4 · 2020=0.7 · BLS 0.5

Where Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 51 Biotechnology research and dev employers in California.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc (220 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc (220 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc has fewer employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2020 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · CA · Emeryville

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 67 employers in Emeryville, CA · 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 Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vyriad 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battelle Columbus Operations 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hopewell 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corralitos Nursery 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sempra Energy Headquarters - 50 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE Placer County Water Agency (PCWA 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE JERO Corp 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pixar Animation Studios 1,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Knighted Ventures, LLC 753 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zymergen 491 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advanced Systems Group LLC 483 FTE
NAT-TCR US PL Medford 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bluestone Communications, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. Garibaldi 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sparton 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sealed Air Corporation (Rogers) 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vitality Works 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE AGC Spring Hill 220 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.