Mail and Parcel Delivery · Massachusetts

242856-Gardner Po

Name: 242856-Gardner Po Workplace Safety Data
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Gardner, MA · ~33 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 8.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

242856-Gardner Po runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mail and Parcel Delivery workplace, earning a grade D.

242856-Gardner Po: 8.5 TCR = 188% of Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

242856-Gardner Po safety composite

242856-Gardner Po scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
DART rate: F 13.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

242856-Gardner Po: 7.5 → 13.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 13.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.62× in 2022

242856-Gardner Po's TCR rose 6.1 from 7.5 in 2017 to 13.7 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 491110 · Gardner, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.5 · 188% of ind

DART 13.7 DART
RANK #193/367
PHOTO EASTERN HEIGHTS_1361…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EASTERN HEIGHTS_1361902 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows 242856-Gardner Po averages 8.5 TCR (188% of the Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS benchmark).

242856-Gardner Po TCR series: 2017=7.5 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=10.3 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=13.7 · BLS 4.5

Where 242856-Gardner Po falls in its industry

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #193 safest of 367 Mail and Parcel Delivery employers in Massachusetts.

242856-Gardner Po (33 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.8

242856-Gardner Po has fewer employees than the Mail and Parcel Delivery median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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
2022	13.7	13.7	1	3
2021	3.2	3.2	1	0
2019	10.3	10.3	3	0
2018	7.5	7.5	2	0
2017	7.5	7.5	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

491110 · MA · Gardner

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 37 employers in Gardner, 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	EASTERN HEIGHTS_1361902	SAINT PAUL, MN	8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HOWELL MILL_1367513	ATLANTA, GA	8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WEST NEW BRIGHTON_1387114	STATEN ISLAND, NY	8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ELLICOTT CITY_1362382	ELLICOTT CITY, MD	8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Green City Growers	SOMMERVILE	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Good Chemistry - Holliston	HOLLISTON	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Eversource - Boston	BOSTON	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NORTH ADAMS-MA27	NORTH ADAMS	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Heywood Hospital	Gardner	1,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2155	Gardner	297 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2155	Gardner	258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GVNA HealthCare Inc	Gardner	167 FTE
NAT-TCR	502772-Essex Junction Po	Essex Junction, VT	8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	1855-TNNAS55	Nashville, TN	8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	096828-Wlm-Rodney Square Sta	Wilmington, DE	8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-SWY-0017-0017-01750	Scottsdale, AZ	8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	436724-Pwt-Darlington Sta	Pawtucket, RI	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	220847-Brewer Po	Brewer, ME	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	086562-Rocky Hill Po	Rocky Hill, CT	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	089486-Windsor Locks Po	Windsor Locks, CT	33 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: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.