Variety stores · Massachusetts

220 Norwood MA

Norwood, MA · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

220 Norwood MA runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Variety stores workplace, earning a grade D.

220 Norwood MA: 5.4 TCR = 158% of Variety stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

220 Norwood MA safety composite

220 Norwood MA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

220 Norwood MA: 3.8 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

220 Norwood MA's TCR rose 3.2 from 3.8 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Norwood, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 158% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #53/83
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #378 …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #378 KANAWHA CITY, WV (0.0 TCR gap)

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220 Norwood MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 220 Norwood MA averages 5.4 TCR (158% of the Variety stores BLS benchmark).

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

220 Norwood MA TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=7 · BLS 3.4

Where 220 Norwood MA falls in its industry

2,120 Variety stores establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 83 Variety stores employers in Massachusetts.

220 Norwood MA (74 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 220 Norwood MA
220 Norwood MA (74 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

220 Norwood MA has more employees than the Variety stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2017 7.0 0.0 2 0 0
2016 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MA · Norwood

2,120 Variety stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 79 employers in Norwood, 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 Big Lots Store #378 KANAWHA CITY, WV 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4012 EL CAJON, CA 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1310 CLARKSVILLE, IN 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4541 Puyallup, WA 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Medicinals, Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Boston Solar Company LLC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPS/Walsh JV 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Bay State Construction Co., INc. 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR HallKeen Assisted Living 717 FTE
CITY-NEAR MANOR - NORWOOD 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORWOOD (MANOR) 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Market Foods 428 FTE
NAT-TCR Chambersburg (Pacha) 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Arizona Renaissance Festival 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 5 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SCC of Alpine Rehabilitation Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Giant Food Stores 6244 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Talan Products, Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legends - Sugar Land Skeeters 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legends - Klipsch Music Center 74 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.