Gene therapy preparations manufacturing · New Jersey

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Name: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Morris Plains, NJ · ~454 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Novartis Pharmaceuticals runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Gene therapy preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Gene therapy preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals safety composite

Novartis Pharmaceuticals 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.46 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%).

Rising injury rate

Novartis Pharmaceuticals: 0.0 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.73× in 2024

Novartis Pharmaceuticals's TCR rose 2.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325414 · Morris Plains, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #9/9
PHOTO Shire: Alewife
BOOK 9y book
INJ 49 inj
SIZE ~454 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shire: Alewife (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shire: Alewife

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Smith & Nephew

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Elanco Maine W

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Shire - Milfor

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What this shows Novartis Pharmaceuticals averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Gene therapy preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Novartis Pharmaceuticals TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Novartis Pharmaceuticals falls in its industry

234 Gene therapy preparations manu establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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

Novartis Pharmaceuticals (454 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Novartis Pharmaceuticals has more employees than the Gene therapy preparations manufacturing 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
2024	2.4	1.5	9	1
2023	2.9	2.9	6	5
2022	3.4	3.4	3	8
2021	4.3	3.8	10	8
2020	1.4	1.0	6	4
2019	1.6	1.1	7	4
2018	0.9	0.5	5	0
2017	1.2	0.4	3	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325414 · NJ · Morris Plains

234 Gene therapy preparations manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 35 employers in Morris Plains, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Shire: Alewife	CAMBRIDGE, MA	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Smith & Nephew Columbia MD	COLUMBIA, MD	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Elanco Maine Winslow	WINSLOW, ME	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shire - Milford MA	MILFORD, MA	2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cranbury 1	CRANBURY	454 FTE
STATE-SIZE	USA - Iselin, S Wood	ISELIN	454 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1800 Bishops Gate	MOUNT LAUREL	454 FTE
STATE-SIZE	8807746-WILLIAMS SONOMA-ECDC-NJ	SOUTH BRUNSWICK	454 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Morris Plains HQ - NJ11	Morris Plains	544 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Honeywell HQ	Morris Plains	544 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Primary Care Partners	Morris Plains	371 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PMT Honeywell Morris Plains	Morris Plains	319 FTE
NAT-TCR	Binghamton	Binghamton, NY	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Indianapolis 79th Street	Indianapolis, IN	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Union Electric Contracting Company Main Office and Temporary Establishments	Fort Washington, PA	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Antlers Housecall	Antlers, OK	2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	177 Aut - Winston Salem	Winston Salem, NC	454 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lennar Southwest Florida	Ft. Myers, FL	454 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Humphrey & Associates	Carrollton, TX	454 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bowers Campus	Santa Clara, CA	454 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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