Discount Department Stores · Massachusetts

1189 - Taunton

Taunton, MA · ~210 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1189 - Taunton runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

1189 - Taunton: 8.7 TCR = 256% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1189 - Taunton safety composite

1189 - Taunton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−1.0

2019→2024

1189 - Taunton injury rate improved

1189 - Taunton's TCR fell 1.0 from 4.1 in 2019 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 20.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.1 · 2021=10.3 · 2022=20.0 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Taunton, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 256% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #48/61
  • PHOTO 0205 - Kearny Mesa
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~210 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0205 - Kearny Mesa (0.0 TCR gap)

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1189 - Taunton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1189 - Taunton averages 8.7 TCR (256% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

1189 - Taunton TCR series: 2019=4.1 · 2021=10.3 · 2022=20 · 2023=6 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.4

Where 1189 - Taunton falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 61 Discount Department Stores employers in Massachusetts.

1189 - Taunton (210 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 1189 - Taunton
1189 - Taunton (210 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

1189 - Taunton has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2024 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2023 6.0 6.0 6 0 0
2022 20.0 18.1 6 16 0
2021 10.3 9.4 5 7 0
2019 4.1 3.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · MA · Taunton

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 114 employers in Taunton, 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 0205 - Kearny Mesa 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0919 - Spring Hill 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1411 - Rosemead 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5076 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main office 210 FTE
STATE-SIZE Master Millwork LLC 210 FTE
STATE-SIZE W.L. French Excavating Corp 210 FTE
STATE-SIZE 00 Milford EM 210 FTE
CITY-NEAR MA-03 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taunton, Mass 1,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR MORTON HOSPITAL 1,097 FTE
CITY-NEAR HMATN01 740 FTE
NAT-TCR 1411 - Rosemead 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 0919 - Spring Hill 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 0205 - Kearny Mesa 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bandera 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2421 - Anaheim 210 FTE
NAT-SIZE PRA Vantage 210 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2063 - Naples North 210 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1918 - Kissimmee West 210 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019. 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.