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

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver

Denver, CO · ~58 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver safety composite

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−2.5

2018→2022

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver injury rate improved

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.5 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Denver, CO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/21
  • PHOTO Juice Plus Corporate
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Juice Plus Corporate (0.0 TCR gap)

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Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver TCR series: 2018=2.5 · 2019=7 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 21 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Colorado.

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver (58 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver (58 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC Denver has fewer 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 Fatalities
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.5 1.8 1 1 0
2019 7.0 5.6 5 0 0
2018 2.5 1.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · CO · Denver

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 Juice Plus Corporate 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR IVC - Nutra Greenville 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amneal-131 CBR 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR IVC - Philidelphia 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Medicine Man 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverline Services Windsor 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE COLORADO STRUCTURES INC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hyder Construction 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN DEN 9,832 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-DEN 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices 5,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR CO-01 4,581 FTE
NAT-TCR New River Ready Mix 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cumming Packaged 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City Store #727 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City Store #738 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE DDS Constructors, LLC 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walker Building Group LLC 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE FCA Sterling Stamping (SSP) 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9YD Leaman Container Inc. 58 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.