Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services · California

Thermo Fisher Scientific

South San Francisco, CA · ~452 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thermo Fisher Scientific runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade A.

Thermo Fisher Scientific: 0.1 TCR = 18% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermo Fisher Scientific safety composite

Thermo Fisher Scientific scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% 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%).

Thermo Fisher Scientific held a steady TCR band

Thermo Fisher Scientific's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · South San Francisco, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/51
  • PHOTO illumina i3
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~452 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: illumina i3 (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 0.1 TCR (18% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

Thermo Fisher Scientific TCR series: 2017=0 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Thermo Fisher Scientific falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 51 Biotechnology research and dev employers in California.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (452 employees, TCR 0.1) 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 Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific (452 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Thermo Fisher Scientific has more employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · CA · South San Francisco

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 136 employers in South San Francisco, CA · 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 illumina i3 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Flavors and Fragrances 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Syngenta RTP 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Center for Breakthrough Medicine 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Van Groningen & Sons, Inc 452 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prima Wawona - East Ranches 452 FTE
STATE-SIZE Teichert Construction Lincoln 452 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1853 452 FTE
CITY-NEAR Genentech SSF 13,259 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02120951 1,497 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspiranet 1,182 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02620951 1,178 FTE
NAT-TCR Njprs - Ups Innovation Center 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Echelon 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Plymouth, MN 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Evers and Sons Inc. 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Urban Concrete Contractors, Ltd. 452 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harrisburg 452 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cimarron Energy Inc 452 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Port Square 452 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, 2017. 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.