Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture · North Carolina

OpenAg Center

Durham, NC · ~73 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

OpenAg Center runs at 898% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture workplace, earning a grade F.

OpenAg Center: 4.5 TCR = 898% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

OpenAg Center safety composite

OpenAg Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

OpenAg Center: 3.5 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2024

OpenAg Center's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.5 in 2022 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 898% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #14/14
  • PHOTO CPKelco Aero Drive
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CPKelco Aero Drive (0.0 TCR gap)

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OpenAg Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows OpenAg Center averages 4.5 TCR (898% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture BLS benchmark).

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

OpenAg Center TCR series: 2022=3.5 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 0.5

Where OpenAg Center falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 14 Biotechnology research and dev employers in North Carolina.

OpenAg Center (73 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 OpenAg Center
OpenAg Center (73 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

OpenAg Center has fewer employees than the Biotechnology research and development l 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
2024 4.2 2.1 2 0 0
2023 5.8 5.8 0 3 0
2022 3.5 1.8 0 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · NC · Durham

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 CPKelco Aero Drive 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ecovative Design 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coriell Institute for Medical Research 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phibro/Osprey Biotechnics 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tri-State Turf of NC 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE REC 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haywood EMC-Combined Districts 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Utilities 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Good-Men Roofing & Construction 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Station 60 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cambria Hotel Downtown Houston 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Springco Metal Coating 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ledge Creek Development 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Davenport Electric Contract Company 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE ETC Building & Design, Inc. 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florikan ESA LLC 73 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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