Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services · Pennsylvania

Wistar

Philadelphia, PA · ~290 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wistar runs at 426% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade F.

Wistar: 2.1 TCR = 426% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wistar safety composite

Wistar scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−0.8

2016→2018

Wistar injury rate improved

Wistar's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.2 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Philadelphia, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 2.1 · 426% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #12/13
  • PHOTO Thorne research - Tr…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~290 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thorne research - Trade center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wistar in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wistar averages 2.1 TCR (426% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

Wistar TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=1.4 · BLS 0.5

Where Wistar falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Biotechnology research and dev employers in Pennsylvania.

Wistar (290 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Wistar
Wistar (290 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Wistar 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
2018 1.4 0.3 3 1 0
2017 2.8 0.7 8 0 0
2016 2.2 0.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · PA · Philadelphia

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,431 employers in Philadelphia, PA · 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 Thorne research - Trade center 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mason South 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spaulding Clinical 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corteva Agriscience Mankato Research Center MKT1 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sterman Masser, Inc. 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clemens Construction, Inc. 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE Overhead Door Rolling Steel 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2830 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR FIVE BELOW INC 19,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital of University of Pennsylvania 13,423 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Hospital 9,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Campus 9,129 FTE
NAT-TCR Meggitt Polymers & Composites 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #706 (Doniphan, MO) 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tutle and Tutle Trucking, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Department of Insurance 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seohan USA Corporation 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jh Routh Packing Co 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE William B. Meyer, Incorproated - Stratford 255 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Bay Sportervice, LLC 290 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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