Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · Massachusetts
Saint-Gobain Research North America
Northborough, MA · ~362 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 0.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Saint-Gobain Research North America runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade C.
Saint-Gobain Research North America: 0.5 TCR = 98% of Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Saint-Gobain Research North America safety composite
Saint-Gobain Research North America scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 0.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 0.27 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%).
Saint-Gobain Research North America held a steady TCR band
Saint-Gobain Research North America's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.6 in 2022 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 0.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=0.6 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 541712 · Northborough, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 0.5 · 98% of ind
- DART 0.3 DART
- RANK #6/18
- PHOTO Siemens Industry Inc.
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~362 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Siemens Industry Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Saint-Gobain Research North America in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Saint-Gobain Research North America
0.5 TCR
- Siemens Indust
Siemens Industry Inc.
0.5 TCR
- ML Headquarter
ML Headquarters
0.5 TCR
- Johnson Contro
Johnson Controls Advanced Development Enginnering Center
0.5 TCR
- MTD Products I
MTD Products Inc. Valley City Site
0.5 TCR
What this shows Saint-Gobain Research North America averages 0.5 TCR (98% of the Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).
Saint-Gobain Research North America TCR series: 2022=0.6 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 0.5
Where Saint-Gobain Research North America falls in its industry
319 Chemical research and developm establishmentsSafer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 18 Chemical research and developm employers in Massachusetts.
Saint-Gobain Research North America has more employees than the Chemical research and development labora median and a lower 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 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
541712 · MA · Northborough
319 Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 42 employers in Northborough, MA · 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 | Siemens Industry Inc. | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ML Headquarters | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Johnson Controls Advanced Development Enginnering Center | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MTD Products Inc. Valley City Site | 0.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Helfrich Brothers Boiler Works Inc | 362 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Novanta Inc. | 362 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edgewater/Norwood | 362 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lockheed Martin Corporation Chelmsford (1553) | 362 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NORTHBORO-MA33 | 983 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5015 | 551 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wegmans Northborough 058 | 524 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - OWD5 | 391 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Construction Engineering Solutions, LLC | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gomez and Son Contracting, LLC | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Commercial | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Frick | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | The Buckingham | 362 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cook Inc. - Ellettsville North | 362 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CF Gray Court | 362 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | China Jushi USA | 362 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.