Variety stores · Massachusetts

228 Plymouth MA

Plymouth, MA · ~54 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

228 Plymouth MA runs at 325% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Variety stores workplace, earning a grade F.

228 Plymouth MA: 11.0 TCR = 325% of Variety stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

228 Plymouth MA safety composite

228 Plymouth MA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

228 Plymouth MA: 5.8 → 16.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 16.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2017

228 Plymouth MA's TCR rose 10.6 from 5.8 in 2016 to 16.3 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 325% of ind

  • DART 10.9 DART
  • RANK #78/83
  • PHOTO Roses 566
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Roses 566 (0.0 TCR gap)

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228 Plymouth MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 228 Plymouth MA averages 11.0 TCR (325% of the Variety stores BLS benchmark).

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

228 Plymouth MA TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=16.3 · BLS 3.4

Where 228 Plymouth MA falls in its industry

2,120 Variety stores establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #78 safest of 83 Variety stores employers in Massachusetts.

228 Plymouth MA (54 employees, TCR 11.0) 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 228 Plymouth MA
228 Plymouth MA (54 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

228 Plymouth 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 16.3 10.9 3 0 0
2016 5.8 5.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MA · Plymouth

2,120 Variety stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 101 employers in Plymouth, 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 Roses 566 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 309 Willimantic CT 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 221 Marshfield MA 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Locations 7 Chula Vista 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Pittsfield 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 130 West Street Waltham-MAAG 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keith Construction Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Truss Engineering Corporation 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth 1,939 FTE
CITY-NEAR BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH 1,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tech Etch Plymouth 534 FTE
NAT-TCR Holland - WS 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lavonia Hatchery 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Commercial Insulating Glass Company, Sarasota, FL 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Greece Ambulance 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE CORE Construction Services of Illinois, Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Sweet Springs Inc 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of California West LLC 54 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.