Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford

Chelmsford, MA · ~133 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford: 0.9 TCR = 27% of Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford safety composite

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2016→2020

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford injury rate improved

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.8 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · Chelmsford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 27% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/33
  • PHOTO Thorlabs
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thorlabs (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford averages 0.9 TCR (27% of the Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford falls in its industry

213 Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring e establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 33 Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring e employers in Massachusetts.

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford (133 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford
Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford (133 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Chelmsford has more employees than the Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2017 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2016 0.8 0.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · MA · Chelmsford

213 Acidity (i.e., pH) measuring equipment, laboratory analysis-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 66 employers in Chelmsford, 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 Thorlabs 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CEM Corporation 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Instrumentation Laboratory 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TA Instruments Lindon, UT 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Plumb House, Inc. 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boston 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Atlantic Red Crab Company LLC 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE REILY FOODS COMPANY - MALDEN' 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHELMSFORD (MACHE) 1,879 FTE
CITY-NEAR MACHE - CHELMSFORD 1,867 FTE
CITY-NEAR ZOLL Medical 1,585 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brooks Automation US, LLC. 839 FTE
NAT-TCR 591 - Snohomish-Int Branch 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Steel & O'Brien Mfg. Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Meijer 187 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Insulfoam - Phoenix 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Coast Framing, Inc. 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Britain Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE EL & EL Wood Products - Galt 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE LSC Communications - Appleton 133 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: 2020, 2019, 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.