Grocery Stores · Massachusetts

08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend

Name: 08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend Workplace Safety Data
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Townsend, MA · ~148 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend runs at 230% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend: 7.8 TCR = 230% of Grocery Stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend safety composite

08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend: 5.5 → 10.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 10.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.37× in 2023

08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend's TCR rose 4.6 from 5.5 in 2022 to 10.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Townsend, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 230% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #681/842
PHOTO Penfield
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~148 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Penfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.8
Penfield

7.8
GIANT FOOD STO

7.8
SWY-0019-0019-

7.8
1808-00000301-

7.8

What this shows 08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend averages 7.8 TCR (230% of the Grocery Stores BLS benchmark).

08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend TCR series: 2022=5.5 · 2023=10.1 · BLS 3.4

Where 08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Stores establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #681 safest of 842 Grocery Stores employers in Massachusetts.

08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend (148 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

08009 - Store # 8009 Townsend has more employees than the Grocery Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023	10.1	2.9	7	0	0
2022	5.5	4.2	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · MA · Townsend

30,654 Grocery Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 6 employers in Townsend, 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	Penfield	PENFIELD, NY	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GIANT FOOD STORES 6288	DUNCANSVILLE, PA	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SWY-0019-0019-01230 FAC-01230-HILLSBORO-OR	HILLSBORO, OR	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1808-00000301-726	ST. JAMES CITY, FL	7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Acushnet	ACUSHNET	148 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Commonwealth Electrical Technologies	WORCESTER	148 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Abbott-Action, Inc	ATTLEBORO	148 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stergis Windows	ATTLEBORO	148 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sterilite Corporation TWN	Townsend	324 FTE
CITY-NEAR	8009	Townsend	122 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sterilite Corporation - SHO	Townsend	111 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sterilite Corporation - Home office	Townsend	108 FTE
NAT-TCR	0729 - Hackensack Nj Bus Ctr	Hackensack, NJ	7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Virtua Lumberton - ABC	Lumberton, NJ	7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dennen Steel Corp	Grand Rapids, MI	7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	5472-NAI-0032-0032-03344	Chicago, IL	7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Stop & Shop 100813	Clifton, NJ	148 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stop & Shop 100853	Bayonne, NJ	148 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stop & Shop 100893	Morris Plains, NJ	148 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Martins Food Markets # 6282	Front Royal, VA	148 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: 2023, 2022. 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.