Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing · Michigan

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Kalamazoo, MI · ~289 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thermo Fisher Scientific runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Thermo Fisher Scientific: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermo Fisher Scientific safety composite

Thermo Fisher Scientific scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Thermo Fisher Scientific: 2.5 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2018

Thermo Fisher Scientific's TCR rose 0.6 from 2.5 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325413 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK P16
  • PHOTO ARDx Scarborough
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~289 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ARDx Scarborough (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thermo Fisher Scientific in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thermo Fisher Scientific averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Thermo Fisher Scientific TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Thermo Fisher Scientific falls in its industry

201 Diagnostic substances, in-vitr establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Thermo Fisher Scientific (289 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4 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 02,0004,0006,000 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific (289 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

Thermo Fisher Scientific has more employees than the Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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 3.1 1.7 11 0 0
2017 3.1 3.1 10 0 0
2016 2.5 1.2 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325413 · MI · Kalamazoo

201 Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 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 ARDx Scarborough 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BD-Burlington 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Microtyping Systems 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HDx-OH 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE St. Clair Power Plant 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Powder Cote II 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Armstrong International - Three Rivers Division 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meijer054 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR KB Home AZ 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Imperial Dade Puerto Rico 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Zenith Logistics Louisville 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Azz Psi 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Developmental Services Division 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lake Erie Correctional Inst 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Office 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orlando - Airport (HR) 289 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.