Culture media manufacturing · Virginia

Novozymes Biologicals

Name: Novozymes Biologicals Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Salem, VA · ~118 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Novozymes Biologicals runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Culture media manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Novozymes Biologicals: 1.1 TCR = 33% of Culture media manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novozymes Biologicals safety composite

Novozymes Biologicals scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: F 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Novozymes Biologicals held a steady TCR band

Novozymes Biologicals's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.7 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.7 · 2019=0.8 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325414 · Salem, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 33% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #2/6
PHOTO Newport Laboratories…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Newport Laboratories Diagnostics/R&D (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Novozymes Biologicals averages 1.1 TCR (33% of the Culture media manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Novozymes Biologicals TCR series: 2017=0.7 · 2019=0.8 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Novozymes Biologicals falls in its industry

234 Culture media manufacturing establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Culture media manufacturing employers in Virginia.

Novozymes Biologicals (118 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Novozymes Biologicals has fewer employees than the Culture media 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
2022	0.9	0.9	1
2021	1.9	1.9	2
2019	0.8	0.8	1
2017	0.7	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325414 · VA · Salem

234 Culture media manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Salem, VA · 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	Newport Laboratories Diagnostics/R&D	WORTHINGTON, MN	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BioLegend Way	SAN DIEGO, CA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gilead Sciences Inc	OCEANSIDE, CA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BD Biosciences	SAN DIEGO, CA	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Howard Shockey & Sons	WINCHESTER	118 FTE
STATE-SIZE	I-64 Capacity Improvs. Segment II	GLEN ALLEN	118 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4201 Park Place Ct. Glen Allen VA 23060	GLEN ALLEN	118 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Inspiration Plumbing LLC	STERLING	118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carter Machinery Company, Inc.	Salem	2,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lewis Gale Medical Center	Salem	1,159 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC	Salem	770 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LewisGale Medical Center	Salem	690 FTE
NAT-TCR	Texmark Chemicals Inc.	Galena Park, TX	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	US Coatings LLC	Satsuma, AL	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	GM Monarch West, LLC	Las Vegas, NV	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Becton Dickinson	Plainfield, IN	1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Superior Grocers #107	Huntington Park, CA	118 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Office of Policy and Management	Hartford, CT	118 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center West	Mason City, IA	118 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Armstrong Mold Corporation	East Syracuse, NY	118 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: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017. 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.