Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture · California

West Sacramento R & D Site

West Sacramento, CA · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Sacramento R & D Site runs at 298% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture workplace, earning a grade F.

West Sacramento R & D Site: 1.5 TCR = 298% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Sacramento R & D Site safety composite

West Sacramento R & D Site scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

West Sacramento R & D Site: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

West Sacramento R & D Site's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 3.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · West Sacramento, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 1.5 · 298% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #38/51
  • PHOTO BlackThorn Therapeut…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BlackThorn Therapeutics (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Sacramento R & D Site in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Sacramento R & D Site averages 1.5 TCR (298% 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

West Sacramento R & D Site TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=3 · BLS 0.5

Where West Sacramento R & D Site falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #38 safest of 51 Biotechnology research and dev employers in California.

West Sacramento R & D Site (29 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 West Sacramento R & D Site
West Sacramento R & D Site (29 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

West Sacramento R & D Site has fewer employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a higher 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
2019 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · CA · West Sacramento

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 · 188 employers in West Sacramento, 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 BlackThorn Therapeutics 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MacroGenics 9704 Corporate 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR WuXi AppTec STP Main 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acampo R & D Site 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sean V. Doherty Farms 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blanco Farms, LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SHOP 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cottonwood Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR HEADQUARTERS: COMBINED ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS 6,971 FTE
CITY-NEAR Administration 4,185 FTE
CITY-NEAR Department of General Services 3,631 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 36 2,161 FTE
NAT-TCR ITW Tomco- Bryan 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hobbs WECO 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Innocor Foam Technologies - ACP, Inc. - Portage 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR VTI of Texas 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE #105 Art Van Petoskey 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parker Service Center - Conyers 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Global Products Inc. - Galley 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Andover 29 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: 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.