Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in the medical sciences · Kentucky

PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC

Highland Heights, KY · ~237 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in the medical sciences workplace, earning a grade D.

PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC: 0.9 TCR = 172% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in the medical sciences BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC safety composite

PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−0.4

2018→2020

PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC injury rate improved

PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.2 in 2018 to 0.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.2 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Highland Heights, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 0.9 · 172% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK P44
  • PHOTO Battelle - Pueblo Op…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~237 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Battelle - Pueblo Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC averages 0.9 TCR (172% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in the medical sciences BLS benchmark).

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

PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC TCR series: 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.8 · BLS 0.5

Where PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC (237 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC
PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC (237 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

PPD Global Central Laboratories, LLC 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
2020 0.8 0.4 2 0 0
2019 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 1.2 1.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · KY · Highland Heights

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in the medical sciences employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 7 employers in Highland Heights, KY · 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 Battelle - Pueblo Operations 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5 Orville Drive ( with Satellite office at 545-1 Johnson Ave 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baylor Research Institute 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michigan Critical Care Consultants 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hennegan Company 237 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jones Plastic & Engineering d/b/a Williamsburg Plastics 237 FTE
STATE-SIZE Topy America - Frankfort 237 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1200 - Florence 237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Highland Heights 480 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Cable Highland Heights 469 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1071 LOWE S OF HIGHLAND HEIGHTS KY 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-1071 158 FTE
NAT-TCR DDSI Carson II 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sungwon Distributors LLC 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Auditor, Treasurer & Tax Collector 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR MelCo, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE The New IEM, LLC 237 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comfort Keepers/Mirkin & Associates 237 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mercer County SD #404 237 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aerospace : Hauppage 237 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.