Variety stores · Massachusetts

223 Westboro MA

Westboro, MA · ~89 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

223 Westboro MA runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Variety stores workplace, earning a grade D.

223 Westboro MA: 5.7 TCR = 167% of Variety stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

223 Westboro MA safety composite

223 Westboro MA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−0.5

2016→2017

223 Westboro MA injury rate improved

223 Westboro MA's TCR fell 0.5 from 5.9 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.9 · 2017=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 167% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #54/83
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1195…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~89 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1195 SOMERS POINT, NJ (0.0 TCR gap)

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223 Westboro MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 223 Westboro MA averages 5.7 TCR (167% of the Variety stores BLS benchmark).

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

223 Westboro MA TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2017=5.4 · BLS 3.4

Where 223 Westboro MA falls in its industry

2,120 Variety stores establishments

Safer than 27% 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 #54 safest of 83 Variety stores employers in Massachusetts.

223 Westboro MA (89 employees, TCR 5.7) 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 223 Westboro MA
223 Westboro MA (89 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

223 Westboro 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 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2016 5.9 5.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MA · Westboro

2,120 Variety stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 14 employers in Westboro, 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 #1195 SOMERS POINT, NJ 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1755 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5383 Mount Pleasant, PA 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5142 Ardmore, OK 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1-EMP-Billerica 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shire - Milford MA 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sealed Air 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bixby International Corp 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR 997 983 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2532-25320997 976 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital 398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100497 115 FTE
NAT-TCR Grand Plaza Hotel 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pine Grove Health Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Murfreesboro (Tnmur) 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dayton (Ohdyo) 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of Lloyd 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Anderson LLC 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Jonesburg Inc 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advantage Management Corporation Eagan 89 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.