Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · California

Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research

San Diego, CA · ~416 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research runs at 258% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade F.

Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research: 1.3 TCR = 258% of Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research safety composite

Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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 of Biomedical Research held a steady TCR band

Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.1 in 2022 to 1.4 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.1 · 2023=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 1.3 · 258% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #25/32
  • PHOTO Americas Resins and …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~416 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Americas Resins and Global FM : Springfield RD Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research averages 1.3 TCR (258% of the Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research TCR series: 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.4 · BLS 0.5

Where Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research falls in its industry

319 Medical research and developme establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #25 safest of 32 Medical research and developme employers in California.

Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research (416 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research
Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research (416 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research has more employees than the Medical research and development laborat median and a higher 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
2023 1.4 0.5 3 3 0
2022 1.1 0.9 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · CA · San Diego

319 Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, 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 Americas Resins and Global FM : Springfield RD Lab 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dynetics Technical Solutions 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mallard Creek Polymers LLC - Research 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huntsman Corporation - Merrimack 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE NC3 Systems 416 FTE
STATE-SIZE Erickson Framing CA LLC 416 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heritage One Door and Carpentry, LLC 416 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-CA-Lathrop-Harlan Road 416 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Wheel Pros 1015 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Union Supply Group, Inc. - OH DC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Printful, Inc. (Ed Brown, Charlotte) 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cambridge Svc Bldg 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southwest Health System, Inc. 416 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beltsville Md 416 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flagstone Foods, LLC 416 FTE
NAT-SIZE DeSoto Overhaul Center 416 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: 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.