Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing · Michigan

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia

Kalamazoo, MI · ~343 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia safety composite

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia: 1.6 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2021

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.6 in 2020 to 2.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325413 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK P30
  • PHOTO ARDx Carlsbad
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~343 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ARDx Carlsbad (0.0 TCR gap)

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Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia TCR series: 2020=1.6 · 2021=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia falls in its industry

201 Blood derivative in-vitro diag establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia (343 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4 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 02,0004,0006,000 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia
Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia (343 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, part of Epredia has more employees than the Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic sub median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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
2021 2.3 2.0 7 1 0
2020 1.6 1.1 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325413 · MI · Kalamazoo

201 Blood derivative in-vitro diagnostic substances manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 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 ARDx Carlsbad 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trinity Biotech 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ortho Clinical Diagnositcs - Building 642 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bion Enterprises, Ltd. (DBA - Aesku Bion) 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fernco Inc 343 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2273 343 FTE
STATE-SIZE Compuware Corporation 343 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2099 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR K101-M001 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-6034-Pottery Barn 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at St. Catherine Hospital - Hskp 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Ala - Arizona 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tyler Area Office 343 FTE
NAT-SIZE Special Devices Inc. 343 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nursing Home 343 FTE
NAT-SIZE BLN 343 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: 2021, 2020. 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.