Discount Department Stores · Massachusetts

1496 - Westborough

Westborough, MA · ~213 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1496 - Westborough runs at 234% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

1496 - Westborough: 8.0 TCR = 234% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1496 - Westborough safety composite

1496 - Westborough scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−3.6

2019→2024

1496 - Westborough injury rate improved

1496 - Westborough's TCR fell 3.6 from 5.6 in 2019 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 24.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.6 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=24.9 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 234% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #44/61
  • PHOTO 0831 - Scottsbluff
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~213 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0831 - Scottsbluff (0.0 TCR gap)

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1496 - Westborough in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1496 - Westborough averages 8.0 TCR (234% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

1496 - Westborough TCR series: 2019=5.6 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=24.9 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.4

Where 1496 - Westborough falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 17% 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 #44 safest of 61 Discount Department Stores employers in Massachusetts.

1496 - Westborough (213 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 1496 - Westborough
1496 - Westborough (213 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

1496 - Westborough 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 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2022 24.9 22.8 3 21 0
2021 6.1 6.1 5 1 0
2019 5.6 5.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · MA · Westborough

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 67 employers in Westborough, 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 0831 - Scottsbluff 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1426 - San Jose Capitol 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2569 - Las Vegas N Decatur 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5234 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE indus 213 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hub Folding Box Company Inc. 213 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1965 - Leominster 213 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0333 - EVERETT MA WHSE 213 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Site Services 3,950 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia Electrical Contractors, Inc. 625 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanofi Westborough 613 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cumberland Farms - Westboro Distribution Center 562 FTE
NAT-TCR 2569 - Las Vegas N Decatur 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1426 - San Jose Capitol 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0831 - Scottsbluff 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Adams Heritage 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2784 - Cary West 213 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2641 - Salt Lake City 213 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2601 - Petaluma 213 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2021 - Arvada South 213 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.