Lawn Care · Massachusetts
5870 - Boston West
Franklin, MA · ~88 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
5870 - Boston West runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Lawn Care workplace, earning a grade D.
5870 - Boston West: 6.3 TCR = 140% of Lawn Care BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
5870 - Boston West safety composite
5870 - Boston West scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.02 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
−0.9
2017→2023
5870 - Boston West injury rate improved
5870 - Boston West's TCR fell 0.9 from 10.6 in 2017 to 9.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=10.6 · 2018=6.0 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=9.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561730 · Franklin, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 140% of ind
- DART 8.0 DART
- RANK #33/58
- PHOTO Bluegrass Lawncare o…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 27 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bluegrass Lawncare of St. Louis (0.0 TCR gap)
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5870 - Boston West in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
5870 - Boston West
6.3 TCR
- Bluegrass Lawn
Bluegrass Lawncare of St. Louis
6.3 TCR
- Royer Brothers
Royer Brothers Tree Service, LLC
6.3 TCR
- 5287 - South D
5287 - South Dennis
6.3 TCR
- Cold Creek Nur
Cold Creek Nurseries
6.3 TCR
What this shows 5870 - Boston West averages 6.3 TCR (140% of the Lawn Care BLS benchmark).
5870 - Boston West TCR series: 2017=10.6 · 2018=6 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=4 · 2023=9.6 · BLS 4.5
Where 5870 - Boston West falls in its industry
2,875 Lawn Care establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 58 Lawn Care employers in Massachusetts.
5870 - Boston West has more employees than the Lawn Care median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561730 · MA · Franklin
2,875 Lawn Care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 85 employers in Franklin, 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 | Bluegrass Lawncare of St. Louis | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Royer Brothers Tree Service, LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 5287 - South Dennis | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cold Creek Nurseries | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | The Heirloom Collective, Inc. Hadley | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Heirloom Collective, Inc. Bernardston | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D'Allessandro Corp | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | C.A. Senecal Electrical Services, Inc. | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Taunton | 1,691 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Franklin 55 | 675 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Franklin 50 | 670 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Horace Mann Educational Associates | 633 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Las Vegas NV | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Watertown Lodging Associates, LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rochelle South Caron | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stilwell Hatchery (Noel) | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | E 14th Street | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AJs 117 | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PARKS - County Cir | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CA038 | 88 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.