Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in chemical sciences · New Jersey

The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ

Middlesex, NJ · ~18 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ runs at 616% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in chemical sciences workplace, earning a grade F.

The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ: 3.1 TCR = 616% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in chemical sciences BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ safety composite

The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ held a steady TCR band

The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Middlesex, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.1 · 616% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/12
  • PHOTO Corteva Agriscience …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ averages 3.1 TCR (616% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in chemical sciences BLS benchmark).

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

The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=0 · BLS 0.5

Where The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Biotechnology research and dev employers in New Jersey.

The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ (18 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ
The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ (18 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 9.3 9.3 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · NJ · Middlesex

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in chemical sciences employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 25 employers in Middlesex, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DAS Clinton, WI 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marine Biological Laboratory 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cumberland Power Plant 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elizabethtown Gas-New Villiage 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Picatinny Arsenal 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Railroad Construction Co., Inc. -Con Edison, NY 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Impax Laboratories Inc. Middlesex 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR BAMCO inc. 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DNK7 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schifano Construction Corp. 88 FTE
NAT-TCR Buffalo Jewett Parkway 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR South Georgia Medical Center 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross Store 1585 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ultimate Survival Technologies 3.1 TCR

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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.