Variety stores · Massachusetts
250 Bedford MA
Bedford, MA · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
250 Bedford MA runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Variety stores workplace, earning a grade D.
250 Bedford MA: 5.7 TCR = 169% of Variety stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
250 Bedford MA safety composite
250 Bedford MA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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%).
Rising injury rate
250 Bedford MA: 5.2 → 6.3 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017
250 Bedford MA's TCR rose 1.0 from 5.2 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452990 · Bedford, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 169% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #55/83
- PHOTO Big Lots Store #1381…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~46 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1381 Harrison, AR (0.0 TCR gap)
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250 Bedford MA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #1381 Harrison, AR
5.8 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #478 UNIONTOWN, PA
5.8 TCR
- 713
713
5.8 TCR
- This site
250 Bedford MA
5.7 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #1074 OSWEGO, NY
5.7 TCR
What this shows 250 Bedford MA averages 5.7 TCR (169% of the Variety stores BLS benchmark).
250 Bedford MA TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=6.3 · BLS 3.4
Where 250 Bedford MA falls in its industry
2,120 Variety stores establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 83 Variety stores employers in Massachusetts.
250 Bedford 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 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452990 · MA · Bedford
2,120 Variety stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 50 employers in Bedford, 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 #1381 Harrison, AR | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big Lots Store #478 UNIONTOWN, PA | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big Lots Store #1074 OSWEGO, NY | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 713 | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Verano MA CPG | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Piledriving Job Site - 001 | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | B.W. Kennedy & Company, LLC | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fuse HQ | 46 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Instrumentation Laboratory | 1,248 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bedford - 174 Middlesex Pkwy | 453 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby and 75 Wiggins | 422 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | State Electric Corporation | 419 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Jacksonville - MB | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Covington (Lacov) | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Schaffner Manufacturing Co., Inc | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oldham Street | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Paul Jackson and Son, Inc. | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TR Construction | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Waters of Minocqua | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Holiday Inn Express and Suites Madison - Verona | 46 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.