Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services · Massachusetts

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc.

Cambridge, MA · ~2,272 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average 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 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade C.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc.: 0.6 TCR = 114% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. safety composite

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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 0.4 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 0.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.4 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Cambridge, MA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 0.6 · 114% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #16/23
  • PHOTO AbbVie Bioresearch C…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~2,272 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AbbVie Bioresearch Center (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 (114% 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: 2016=0.4 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.5 · BLS 0.5

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

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 23 Biotechnology research and dev employers in Massachusetts.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. (2,272 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. (2,272 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 more 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 0.5 0.2 7 4 0
2019 0.8 0.1 7 9 0
2018 0.5 0.1 10 3 0
2017 0.7 0.1 9 6 0
2016 0.4 0.0 7 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · MA · Cambridge

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 149 employers in Cambridge, 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 AbbVie Bioresearch Center 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battelle - Atlanta Operations - Roybal Campus 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BSW CTX RESEARCH 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR illumina 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Foundation Of The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 2,270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pfizer, Inc. 2,276 FTE
STATE-SIZE Philips Healthcare 2,279 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lowell General Hospital 2,314 FTE
CITY-NEAR Philips NAM Field Sales & Service 5,136 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vinfen Corporation 2,662 FTE
CITY-NEAR Biogen - Cambridge 2,478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cambridge Campus 2,473 FTE
NAT-TCR Cordis a Cardinal Health Company 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Ansgar Mill 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Praxair Surface Technologies Inc. (Thermal Spray) 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Southco Warminster 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 426 2,272 FTE
NAT-SIZE UW Medical Center Northwest Hospital 2,271 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kenworth Chillicothe 2,273 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lawrence + Memorial Hospital 2,273 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.