Variety stores · Massachusetts

245 Saugus MA

Name: 245 Saugus MA Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Saugus, MA · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

245 Saugus MA runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Variety stores workplace, earning a grade C.

245 Saugus MA: 3.7 TCR = 110% of Variety stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

245 Saugus MA safety composite

245 Saugus MA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.5

2016→2017

245 Saugus MA injury rate improved

245 Saugus MA's TCR fell 7.5 from 7.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 110% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #29/83
PHOTO Big Lots Store #1696…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1696 NORMAN, OK (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows 245 Saugus MA averages 3.7 TCR (110% of the Variety stores BLS benchmark).

245 Saugus MA TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 245 Saugus MA falls in its industry

2,120 Variety stores establishments

Safer than 56% 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 #29 safest of 83 Variety stores employers in Massachusetts.

245 Saugus MA (70 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

245 Saugus 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	7.5	7.5	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MA · Saugus

2,120 Variety stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 36 employers in Saugus, 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	Big Lots Store #1696 NORMAN, OK	NORMAN, OK	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1717	WALDORF, MD	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Big Lots Store #4634 Glendale, AZ	GLENDALE, AZ	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2633	PISCATAWAY, NJ	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Holland Construction	BOSTON	70 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Structures Derek International sa	SAINTE-MARIE, QUEBEC, CANADA G6E 3T9	70 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Beacon Piping Co. Inc.	CANTON	70 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EAC 6280 North East Paving	WESTFIELD	70 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3114	Saugus	307 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3114	Saugus	254 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Square One 226	Saugus	238 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1290 - Saugus	Saugus	236 FTE
NAT-TCR	Decatur County Health Care and Rehabilitation, Inc.	Parsons, TN	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	L5 - Plymouth Meeting	Plymouth Meeting, PA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Griffin (Gagri)	Griffin, GA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Logan Clay Products Company	Logan, OH	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Allied Waste, LLC - West Columbia, Sc	West Columbia, SC	70 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gruber Industries, Inc	Phoenix, AZ	70 FTE
NAT-SIZE	James River Work Center	State Farm, VA	70 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of South Hampton LLC	Columbia, MO	70 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.