Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc.

Burlington, MA · ~37 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc.: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. safety composite

Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339999 · Burlington, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/14
  • PHOTO VirTra, Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VirTra, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. falls in its industry

281 Novelties, not specified elsew establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Novelties, not specified elsew employers in Massachusetts.

Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc.
Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Sigma-Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. has fewer employees than the Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339999 · MA · Burlington

281 Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 89 employers in Burlington, 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 VirTra, Inc 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ExOne Operating LLC 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scentsy KY Temps 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ColorCoat Inc. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Town of Danvers, Electric Division 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE MIDDLESEX GASES & TECHNOLOGIES, INC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Builders 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Core Concepts Inc. 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lahey Hospital and Medical Center 4,493 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burlington, MA 4,399 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lahey Medical Center 4,286 FTE
CITY-NEAR EMD Millipore Corporation - 400 Summit 838 FTE
NAT-TCR West Virginia's Choice Inc - Charleston 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Mills House Wyndham Grand Hotel 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Calvert Mechanical Systems 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Altium Packaging - Fulton 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE JMT Services 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gillespie High School 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Signature Home Comfort 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas 37 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, 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.