Discount Department Stores · Massachusetts
1898 - Boston South Bay
Dorchester, MA · ~332 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
1898 - Boston South Bay runs at 211% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.
1898 - Boston South Bay: 7.2 TCR = 211% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
1898 - Boston South Bay safety composite
1898 - Boston South Bay scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% 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
−1.4
2019→2024
1898 - Boston South Bay injury rate improved
1898 - Boston South Bay's TCR fell 1.4 from 3.5 in 2019 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=3.5 · 2021=10.2 · 2022=16.5 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=2.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452112 · Dorchester, MA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 211% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #38/61
- PHOTO 1253 - Waterfront
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~332 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 1253 - Waterfront (0.0 TCR gap)
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1898 - Boston South Bay in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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1898 - Boston South Bay
7.2 TCR
- 1253 - Waterfr
1253 - Waterfront
7.2 TCR
- 1429 - Mesa We
1429 - Mesa West
7.2 TCR
- WM 1471
WM 1471
7.2 TCR
- Ross store 134
Ross store 1342
7.2 TCR
What this shows 1898 - Boston South Bay averages 7.2 TCR (211% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).
1898 - Boston South Bay TCR series: 2019=3.5 · 2021=10.2 · 2022=16.5 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.4
Where 1898 - Boston South Bay falls in its industry
4,991 Discount Department Stores establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 61 Discount Department Stores employers in Massachusetts.
1898 - Boston South Bay 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 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2 | 31 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.2 | 7.8 | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452112 · MA · Dorchester
4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 58 employers in Dorchester, 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 | 1253 - Waterfront | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1429 - Mesa West | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WM 1471 | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ross store 1342 | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | K.P.R. U.S. LLC | 332 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Market Basket #49 | 332 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Market Basket #3 | 332 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 2103 | 332 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Eversource - Mass Ave | 719 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Eversource - Dorchester | 699 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FEENEY BROTHERS | 695 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 604 FREEPORT | 465 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 1429 - Mesa West | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1253 - Waterfront | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Reinders-Elm Grove | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kent Precision Food Group- New Sharon | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 2180 - Monticello | 332 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rich Products Crest Hill | 332 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hospital Cooperative Laundry - Denver | 332 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Abraxis Bioscience, LLC | 332 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.