Food testing laboratories or services · Missouri

USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory

Saint Louis, MO · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory runs at 702% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food testing laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade F.

USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory: 3.5 TCR = 702% of Food testing laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory safety composite

USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−1.3

2016→2017

USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory injury rate improved

USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory's TCR fell 1.3 from 4.2 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541380 · Saint Louis, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.5 · 702% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO First Alert Sling Te…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: First Alert Sling Testing LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory averages 3.5 TCR (702% of the Food testing laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=2.9 · BLS 0.5

Where USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory falls in its industry

232 Food testing laboratories or s establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Food testing laboratories or s employers in Missouri.

USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory (68 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0 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 USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory
USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory (68 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0

USDA FSIS OPHS Midwestern Laboratory has fewer employees than the Food testing laboratories or services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.0. 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
2017 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2016 4.2 2.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541380 · MO · Saint Louis

232 Food testing laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 448 employers in Saint Louis, MO · 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 First Alert Sling Testing LLC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR QC LABORATORIES INC. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ROMEO PROV GROUND 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harbor Freight Tools Quality Assurance 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sedalia Growout 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE 033 - Substation Maintenance Metro 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mentz 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABI CORPORATION 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR MO002 12,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barnes-Jewish Hospital 9,005 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL ST LOUIS 5,653 FTE
CITY-NEAR Checkerboard Square 3,464 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Save - Eleele 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Waynesboro (Vaway) 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3045 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Oaks Retirement Village 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Board Mill Operations 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dow Chemical Co - West Alexandria, Ohio 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Home Health 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE TriMet Portland Streetcar 68 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: 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.