Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) (except pharmaceutical use) manufacturing · Nebraska

Novozymes Blair Inc.

Blair, NE · ~197 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Novozymes Blair Inc. runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) (except pharmaceutical use) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Novozymes Blair Inc.: 6.6 TCR = 199% of Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) (except pharmaceutical use) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novozymes Blair Inc. safety composite

Novozymes Blair Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.6

2023→2024

Novozymes Blair Inc. injury rate improved

Novozymes Blair Inc.'s TCR fell 3.6 from 8.4 in 2023 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.4 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Blair, NE ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 199% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO 54Vets
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~197 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 54Vets (0.0 TCR gap)

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Novozymes Blair Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Novozymes Blair Inc. averages 6.6 TCR (199% of the Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) (except pharmaceutical use) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Novozymes Blair Inc. TCR series: 2023=8.4 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Novozymes Blair Inc. falls in its industry

552 Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic s establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic s employers in Nebraska.

Novozymes Blair Inc. (197 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Novozymes Blair Inc.
Novozymes Blair Inc. (197 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Novozymes Blair Inc. has more employees than the Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic synthetic c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2024 4.8 4.3 8 1 0
2023 8.4 4.7 11 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · NE · Blair

552 Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) (except pharmaceutical use) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 43 employers in Blair, NE · 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 54Vets 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Channel Chemical Corporation 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Envirotech Chemical Services 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Life Sciences : IDT - San Diego 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Foodservice Omaha - 0574 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate Office 196 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 4209 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blair, DC 620 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cargill - Blair 537 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cargill 528 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Plains Communications 448 FTE
NAT-TCR Raley's 317-Tracy 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Health Hospice Care, Inc., 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Turner Equipment Company 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR LP Huntsville, LLC- Whitesburg 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bethany St Joseph Care Center 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pillar Construction VA, MD, DC 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miller Transportation Bus Service 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE 482 Southeastern Illinois College 197 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.