Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in chemical sciences

NAICS 541711

Workplace safety data for employers in this industry

Employers
274
Avg TCR (this industry)
1.4
BLS Benchmark
0.5
national average
Total Injuries
2,931

What Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in chemical sciences Safety Data Reveals

The Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in chemical sciences sector (NAICS 541711) encompasses 274 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 2,931 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.4 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 0.5 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 1.4 is higher than the BLS benchmark — a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers — not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in chemical sciences that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

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Employers by Safety Rate (Page 4 of 6)

Employer Location Avg TCR Grade
Rockville Vaccines ROCKVILLE, MD 0.4 B
Kenilworth, NJ Facility KENILWORTH, NJ 0.4 B
AbbVie Cambridge Research Center CAMBRIDGE, MA 0.4 B
Teva Branded Pharma R&D at Frazer FRAZER, PA 0.4 B
Arcus Biosciences, Inc. HAYWARD, CA 0.3 B
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. SAN DIEGO, CA 0.3 B
MilliporeSigma - LACLEDE SAINT LOUIS, MO 0.3 B
Battelle - Richmond Operations RICHMOND, KY 0.3 B
GlaxoSmithKline- RTP RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC 0.3 B
Elanco Headquarters GREENFIELD, IN 0.3 B
Amgen Inc. (Cambridge, MA) CAMBRIDGE, MA 0.3 B
Illumina-Foster City FOSTER CITY, CA 0.3 B
Pfizer Boulder BOULDER, CO 0.3 B
Metabolon, Inc. MORRISVILLE, NC 0.3 B
Monsanto - St. Louis ST. LOUIS, MO 0.3 B
GEHC : Wauwatosa WI, HCS WAUWATOSA, WI 0.3 B
BD Technologies RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC 0.3 A
Bayer Crop Science RTP DURHAM, NC 0.3 A
BASF Agricultural Solutions RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC 0.2 A
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CAMBRIDGE, MA 0.2 A
Quanterix Headquarters BILLERICA, MA 0.2 A
Framingham R&D FRAMINGHAM, MA 0.2 A
E Ink Corporation BILLERICA, MA 0.2 A
Haleon US Holdings, LLC R & D (Formerly GSK Consumer Healthcare) RICHMOND, VA 0.2 A
Vertex Pharmamceuticals, Inc. BOSTON, MA 0.2 A
The Ellison Institute LOS ANGELES, CA 0.2 A
Waltham WALTAM, MA 0.2 A
Insmed, Inc INSMED/ 700 US HIGHWAY 202/206/BRIDGEWATER, NJ 0.2 A
95 Corporate Dr BRIDGEWATER, NJ 0.1 A
Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield GREENFIELD, IN 0.1 A
Agenus - Lex LEXINGTON, MA 0.1 A
REGENXBIO Inc. ROCKVILLE, MD 0.1 A
Amgen Inc. (So. San Francisco, CA) SO. SAN FRANCISCO, CA 0.1 A
Center for Breakthrough Medicine KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 0.1 A
Syngenta RTP DURHAM 27709, NC 0.1 A
Thermo Fisher Scientific SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 0.1 A
illumina i3 SAN DIEGO, CA 0.1 A
International Flavors and Fragrances WILMINGTON, DE 0.1 A
GSK/ViiV- Durham DURHAM, NC 0.1 A
Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC. DURHAM, NC 0.1 A
Recombinetics, Inc. EAGAN, MN 0.0 C
Tetracore, Inc. ROCKVILLE, MD 0.0 C
Meridian Bioscience Corp. - Meridian Innovation Center CINCINNATI, OH 0.0 C
Manufacturing BRANCHBURG, NJ 0.0 C
Smith + Nephew Inc. Austin South AUSTIN, TX 0.0 C
Elanco Indianapolis Material Center INDIANAPOLIS, IN 0.0 C
Thermo Fisher Scientific Hunt Valley MD (R&D) HUNT VALLEY, MD 0.0 C
iPSC, Protein Science, Immunology and Research PHILADELPHIA, PA 0.0 C
Hope Biosciences SUGAR LAND, TX 0.0 C
Alexion Hayden Avenue LEXINGTON, MA 0.0 C
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