Variety stores · Massachusetts

252 North Reading MA

North Reading, MA · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

252 North Reading MA runs at 234% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Variety stores workplace, earning a grade F.

252 North Reading MA: 8.0 TCR = 234% of Variety stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

252 North Reading MA safety composite

252 North Reading MA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

252 North Reading MA: 6.0 → 9.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 9.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2017

252 North Reading MA's TCR rose 4.0 from 6.0 in 2016 to 9.9 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · North Reading, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 234% of ind

  • DART 9.9 DART
  • RANK #68/83
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #5156…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #5156 Kissimmee, FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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252 North Reading MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 252 North Reading MA averages 8.0 TCR (234% of the Variety stores BLS benchmark).

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

252 North Reading MA TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=9.9 · BLS 3.4

Where 252 North Reading MA falls in its industry

2,120 Variety stores establishments

Safer than 11% 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 #68 safest of 83 Variety stores employers in Massachusetts.

252 North Reading MA (70 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 252 North Reading MA
252 North Reading MA (70 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

252 North Reading 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 9.9 9.9 2 0 0
2016 6.0 6.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MA · North Reading

2,120 Variety stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 27 employers in North Reading, 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 #5156 Kissimmee, FL 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 122 Pawtucket RI 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #430 ADRIAN, MI 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4577 Houston, TX 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Holland Construction 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Structures Derek International sa 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beacon Piping Co. Inc. 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE EAC 6280 North East Paving 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Reading Corporate Office 947 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Robotics BOS12 722 FTE
CITY-NEAR 244591-MIDDLESEX-ESSEX MA P&DC 547 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDDLESEX ESSEX PDC_1441064 413 FTE
NAT-TCR Texas City (Txtex) 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Athens (Gaath) 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Uge Grb 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ft Lauderdale FL 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allied Waste, LLC - West Columbia, Sc 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gruber Industries, Inc 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE James River Work Center 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of South Hampton LLC 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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