Oceanographic research and development laboratories or services · Massachusetts

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole, MA · ~809 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution runs at 366% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Oceanographic research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade F.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 1.8 TCR = 366% of Oceanographic research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution safety composite

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 1.5 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2019

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's TCR rose 0.9 from 1.5 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Woods Hole, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 1.8 · 366% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #13/18
  • PHOTO Agricenter Internati…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~809 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Agricenter International (0.0 TCR gap)

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution averages 1.8 TCR (366% of the Oceanographic 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

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=2.5 · BLS 0.5

Where Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution falls in its industry

319 Oceanographic 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 Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 18 Oceanographic research and dev employers in Massachusetts.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (809 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (809 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has more employees than the Oceanographic 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 2.5 1.5 14 2 0
2018 1.6 0.7 11 1 0
2017 1.7 1.1 10 2 0
2016 1.5 1.0 11 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · MA · Woods Hole

319 Oceanographic research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 3 employers in Woods Hole, 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 Agricenter International 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rockford Lab 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortitude (BSA) 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Snug Harbor/Marine Ctr 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brooksby Village 823 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peak Event Services 828 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hudson Campus 788 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sysco Boston 787 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marine Biological Laboratory 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR SODEXO AT MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 37 FTE
NAT-TCR Bridges Medical Center 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 380 - Nanuet 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 201 - Davenport 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ISS Facility Services, Great Plains Division 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Los Angeles Int. Airport 809 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gardena Hub (Cagar) 809 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wake Forest Health Network 809 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patheon - Reading Road 809 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.