Thermo Fisher Scientific - Bedford, MA Framingham, MA
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BEDFORD, MA | Polystyrene resins manufacturing
~201 avg employees | 8 years of OSHA data
Thermo Fisher Scientific - Bedford, MA Framingham, MA has an average TCR of 1.1, which is 33% of the industry average (3.3) for Polystyrene resins manufacturing. This is significantly better than average.
Safety Insights for Thermo Fisher Scientific - Bedford, MA Framingham, MA
Thermo Fisher Scientific - Bedford, MA Framingham, MA operates an establishment with approximately 201 full-time equivalent workers in BEDFORD, MA, classified under the Polystyrene resins manufacturing industry (NAICS 325211). Across 8 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 17 recordable injuries, 1 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.1 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the A letter grade (Excellent Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Polystyrene resins manufacturing, Thermo Fisher Scientific - Bedford, MA Framingham, MA's workforce experiences 33% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 8 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Thermo Fisher Scientific - Bedford, MA Framingham, MA as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Thermo Fisher Scientific - Bedford, MA Framingham, MA's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 325211 — Polystyrene resins manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 468,066 hours worked = 0.85 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Thermo Fisher Scientific - Bedford, MA Framingham, MA (this establishment) | 1.08 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Alkyd resins manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 325211 |
| Massachusetts state avg (all industries) | 10.63 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Thermo Fisher Scientific - Bedford, MA Framingham, MA to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 3 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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