Variety stores · Massachusetts

225 Southbridge MA

Name: 225 Southbridge MA Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Southbridge, MA · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

225 Southbridge MA runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Variety stores workplace, earning a grade C.

225 Southbridge MA: 2.9 TCR = 86% of Variety stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

225 Southbridge MA safety composite

225 Southbridge MA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

225 Southbridge MA: 0.0 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

225 Southbridge MA's TCR rose 5.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Southbridge, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 86% of ind

DART 5.9 DART
RANK #22/83
PHOTO 996
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 996 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows 225 Southbridge MA averages 2.9 TCR (86% of the Variety stores BLS benchmark).

225 Southbridge MA TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.9 · BLS 3.4

Where 225 Southbridge MA falls in its industry

2,120 Variety stores establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 83 Variety stores employers in Massachusetts.

225 Southbridge MA (46 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

225 Southbridge MA has more employees than the Variety stores median and a lower 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	5.9	5.9	1	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MA · Southbridge

2,120 Variety stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 33 employers in Southbridge, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	996	SPENCER, IN	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #5270 New Orleans, LA	NEW ORLEANS, LA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #4314 LONGMONT, CO	LONGMONT, CO	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #512 INVERNESS, FL	INVERNESS, FL	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Verano MA CPG	SHARON	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Piledriving Job Site - 001	SALISBURY	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	B.W. Kennedy & Company, LLC	ARLINGTON	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fuse HQ	ROXBURY	46 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Harrington Memorial Hospital	Southbridge	1,349 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Harrington Physician Services	Southbridge	285 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Center of Hope Foundation, Inc.	Southbridge	238 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Southbridge Main Location	Southbridge	212 FTE
NAT-TCR	Memphis - Napa	Memphis, TN	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Americas International Hub (Flami)	Miami, FL	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hutchinson (PFI)	Hutchinson, KS	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Manitowoc Rapids C-Store	Manitowoc, WI	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Paul Jackson and Son, Inc.	Brookhaven, MS	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TR Construction	Bennington, NE	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Waters of Minocqua	Minocqua, WI	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Holiday Inn Express and Suites Madison - Verona	Verona, WI	46 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.