Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture · California

USDA/ARS/WRRC

Albany, CA · ~300 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USDA/ARS/WRRC runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture workplace, earning a grade C.

USDA/ARS/WRRC: 0.6 TCR = 118% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USDA/ARS/WRRC safety composite

USDA/ARS/WRRC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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%).

Rising injury rate

USDA/ARS/WRRC: 0.2 → 1.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 1.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

USDA/ARS/WRRC's TCR rose 0.9 from 0.2 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Albany, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.6 · 118% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/51
  • PHOTO Fred Hutchinson Canc…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~300 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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USDA/ARS/WRRC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USDA/ARS/WRRC averages 0.6 TCR (118% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture BLS benchmark).

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

USDA/ARS/WRRC TCR series: 2016=0.2 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=1.1 · BLS 0.5

Where USDA/ARS/WRRC falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 61% 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 #16 safest of 51 Biotechnology research and dev employers in California.

USDA/ARS/WRRC (300 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 USDA/ARS/WRRC
USDA/ARS/WRRC (300 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

USDA/ARS/WRRC 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
2018 1.1 0.0 3 0 0
2017 0.4 0.4 0 1 0
2016 0.2 0.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · CA · Albany

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 11 employers in Albany, 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 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battelle - Crystal City Operations 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Celgene Corp. - Summit West 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR illumina 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fairbanks Ranch 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCF4 Solutions 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE LADWP 14401 SATICOY 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE OAKLAND SERVICE CENTER 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1926 - Albany 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Belmont Village Albany 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00676 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR SWY-0025-0025-00676 FAC-00676-ALBANY-CA 65 FTE
NAT-TCR Sabert RDC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy Health Home Office 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hoot Johnson Construction 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Standex Electronics Division 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kate Spade Corporate NJ 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westwood Hills Nursing & Rehab 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE University Mechanical and Engineering Contractors Inc. AZ 300 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.

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