Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia

Batavia, IL · ~211 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia: 0.8 TCR = 37% of Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia safety composite

VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−1.3

2018→2021

VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia injury rate improved

VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.3 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423490 · Batavia, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/8
  • PHOTO Midland Scientific -…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~211 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midland Scientific - Omaha (0.0 TCR gap)

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VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia averages 0.8 TCR (37% of the Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia TCR series: 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia falls in its industry

96 Analytical instruments (e.g., establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 8 Analytical instruments (e.g., employers in Illinois.

VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia (211 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05001,0001,500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia
VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia (211 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.6

VWR, a Part of Avantor - Batavia has more employees than the Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatogr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.9 0.5 4 0 0
2018 1.3 0.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423490 · IL · Batavia

96 Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 119 employers in Batavia, IL · 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 Midland Scientific - Omaha 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spectrum Technologies, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Integrity One Technologies Inc 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR GMI Opco, LLC 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Belvidere Plant 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ozinga Bros., Inc. 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE OP 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE IMS Buhrke-Olson 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1 Bat1000 1,146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Batavia Ofc/Whse 780 FTE
CITY-NEAR MSI Express - Batavia 569 FTE
CITY-NEAR PPI Batavia PKG 500 FTE
NAT-TCR Twilight Home 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Exactech Sarasota 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR R.D. Jones Excavating, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Construction Office 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clayton Wakarusa 995 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutter Medical Foundation (185-216) 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutter Medical Foundation (185-207) 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prior Building 211 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, 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.