Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Tennessee

UPM Pharmaceuticals

Name: UPM Pharmaceuticals Workplace Safety Data
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Bristol, TN · ~221 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

UPM Pharmaceuticals runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

UPM Pharmaceuticals: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UPM Pharmaceuticals safety composite

UPM Pharmaceuticals scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

UPM Pharmaceuticals: 0.9 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2021

UPM Pharmaceuticals's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.9 in 2019 to 2.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Bristol, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #9/15
PHOTO 5472-NAI-0039-0039-0…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~221 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5472-NAI-0039-0039-04906 (0.0 TCR gap)

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UPM-Pharmaceut

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Ortho Molecula

2.4
Bristol-Myers

2.4

What this shows UPM Pharmaceuticals averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

UPM Pharmaceuticals TCR series: 2019=0.9 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where UPM Pharmaceuticals falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 15 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Tennessee.

UPM Pharmaceuticals (221 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

UPM Pharmaceuticals has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2021	2.5	1.8	5	2
2020	3.7	3.7	9	0
2019	0.9	0.9	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · TN · Bristol

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 57 employers in Bristol, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	5472-NAI-0039-0039-04906	LIVONIA, MI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UPM-Pharmaceuticals	BRISTOL, TN	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ortho Molecular Products, Inc	STEVENS POINT, WI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Pharma Ltd. Liability Company	MANATI, PR	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	000027-MEMPHIS TN-CORP OFFICE	CORDOVA	221 FTE
STATE-SIZE	025-00488	MEMPHIS	221 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ADF 3600	CHATTANOOGA	221 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Volunteer Behavioral Health Care Services-Mufreesboro Corporate	MURFREESBORO	221 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bristol Regional Medical Center	Bristol	1,620 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ballad Health- Bristol Regional Medical Center	Bristol	1,155 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 620	Bristol	304 FTE
CITY-NEAR	620	Bristol	291 FTE
NAT-TCR	OmniSource LLC - Holt	Indianapolis, IN	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store #071	Troup, TX	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nexion Health	Gonzales, LA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cosmo Specialty Fibers	Cosmopolis, WA	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Natchitoches	Natchitoches, LA	221 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Unit 1	Hauppauge, NY	221 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Houston, TX	Cypress, TX	221 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Northwest Door Puyallup	Puyallup, WA	221 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.