Department Store · Massachusetts

539 Walpole

Name: 539 Walpole Workplace Safety Data
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East Walpole, MA · ~80 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

539 Walpole runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Department Store workplace, earning a grade C.

539 Walpole: 3.7 TCR = 110% of Department Store BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

539 Walpole safety composite

539 Walpole scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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): D 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.97 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

539 Walpole: 0.0 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2024

539 Walpole's TCR rose 7.5 from 0.0 in 2023 to 7.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452210 · East Walpole, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 110% of ind

DART 5.0 DART
RANK #50/67
PHOTO 277 Exton
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 277 Exton (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.7
277 Exton

3.7
312 - Fair Lak

3.7
628 628 Troy

3.7
Valley West

3.7

What this shows 539 Walpole averages 3.7 TCR (110% of the Department Store BLS benchmark).

539 Walpole TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 3.4

Where 539 Walpole falls in its industry

2,917 Department Store establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 67 Department Store employers in Massachusetts.

539 Walpole (80 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 3.1

539 Walpole has fewer employees than the Department Store median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024	7.5	5.0	3	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452210 · MA · East Walpole

2,917 Department Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 5 employers in East Walpole, 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	277 Exton	EXTON, PA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	312 - Fair Lakes	FAIRFAX, VA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	628 628 Troy	TROY, MI	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Valley West	WEST DES MOINES, IA	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	BEVERLY 5310 ELECTRIC-MA05	BEVERLY	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Eversource - Hyde Park	HYDE PARK	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MIG CORPORATION, INC.	ACTON	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Diaz Construction Co., Inc.	AVON	80 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Walpole Site	East Walpole	908 FTE
CITY-NEAR	539 - Walpole	East Walpole	130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	East Walpole	East Walpole	56 FTE
CITY-NEAR	East Walpole Mill	East Walpole	49 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pfanstiehl INC	Waukegan, IL	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brooklyn Pointe	Brooklyn, OH	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Reesman's Excavating and Grading	Burlington, WI	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Seneca Foods Corporation	Montgomery, MN	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Anderson Sc	Anderson, SC	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Huntington Sanitary Board	Huntington, WV	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nissan New York Parts Distribution Center	Somerset, NJ	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Florida Express Environmental	Ocala, FL	80 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: 2024, 2023. 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.