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

VWR Catalyst Cambridge

Name: VWR Catalyst Cambridge Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Cambridge, MA · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.9
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

VWR Catalyst Cambridge runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

VWR Catalyst Cambridge: 3.9 TCR = 175% of Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VWR Catalyst Cambridge safety composite

VWR Catalyst Cambridge scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Rising injury rate

VWR Catalyst Cambridge: 3.1 → 4.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

VWR Catalyst Cambridge's TCR rose 1.5 from 3.1 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423490 · Cambridge, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 175% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P38
PHOTO 4016-18177025
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4016-18177025 (0.1 TCR gap)

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What this shows VWR Catalyst Cambridge averages 3.9 TCR (175% of the Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

VWR Catalyst Cambridge TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=4.6 · BLS 2.2

Where VWR Catalyst Cambridge falls in its industry

96 Analytical instruments (e.g., establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

VWR Catalyst Cambridge (32 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.6

VWR Catalyst Cambridge has fewer employees than the Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatogr median and a higher 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
2017	4.6	0.0	1	0	0
2016	3.1	3.1	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423490 · MA · Cambridge

96 Analytical instruments (e.g., chromatographic, photometers, spectrographs) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 149 employers in Cambridge, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	4016-18177025	SHAKOPEE, MN	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	18177025 18177025-MWI - SHAKOPEE, MN	SHAKOPEE, MN	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	18177065 18177065-MWI - ELIZABETHTOWN, PA	ELIZABETHTOWN, PA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4016-18177071	LEBANON, IN	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Gradiant Corp	WOBURN	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FirstLight Power	BURLINGTON	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fore River Energy Center	NORTH WEYMOUTH	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Williams Building Company, Inc.	HYANNIS	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Philips NAM Field Sales & Service	Cambridge	5,136 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vinfen Corporation	Cambridge	2,662 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Biogen - Cambridge	Cambridge	2,478 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cambridge Campus	Cambridge	2,473 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bellefontaine Gardens Nursing and Rehab Inc	St Louis, MO	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Economy Spring	Southington, CT	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	US - Supply Chain : 0946	Southaven, MS	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pink Jeep Tours Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Contour Construction	Bennington, NE	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rai Mx Ord	Chicago, IL	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0052 - Everett, Wa	Everett, WA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0036 - Tucson, Az	Tucson, AZ	32 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.

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