Employer · Massachusetts

Vertex Pharmaceutica

Boston, MA · ~33 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vertex Pharmaceutica runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Vertex Pharmaceutica: 0.5 TCR = 16% of industry BLS 3.0 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vertex Pharmaceutica safety composite

Vertex Pharmaceutica scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

Vertex Pharmaceutica held a steady TCR band

Vertex Pharmaceutica's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Boston, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 16% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/192
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT NORTHEAST …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT NORTHEAST MISS COMM COLLEGE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vertex Pharmaceutica in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vertex Pharmaceutica averages 0.5 TCR (16% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Vertex Pharmaceutica TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Vertex Pharmaceutica falls in its industry

6,952 industry establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 192 industry employers in Massachusetts.

Vertex Pharmaceutica (33 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Vertex Pharmaceutica
Vertex Pharmaceutica (33 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Vertex Pharmaceutica has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · MA · Boston

6,952 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 577 employers in Boston, MA · 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 SODEXO AT NORTHEAST MISS COMM COLLEGE 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT SAGE COLLEGES RUSSEL SAGE 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FS-ST VINCE CARMEL 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT HCA FLORIDA OCALA HOSPTIAL 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Green City Growers 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Good Chemistry - Holliston 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Boston 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE NORTH ADAMS-MA27 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Massachusetts General Hospital 26,855 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham and Women's Hospital 19,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham and Womens Hospital 19,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham & Women's Hospital 18,260 FTE
NAT-TCR Fs-St Vince Carmel 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Thurston_Potelco 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 0f87 - Pittsburgh Fire 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chimes District of Columbia, Department of Commerce 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE NE Tech Greenwich 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pfizer Groton MML 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monmouth Food Court 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bethesda Terrace 33 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.