Natural Gas Distribution · Massachusetts

857-NiSource-Springfield MA

Name: 857-NiSource-Springfield MA Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Springfield, MA · ~189 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

857-NiSource-Springfield MA runs at 319% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

857-NiSource-Springfield MA: 3.8 TCR = 319% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

857-NiSource-Springfield MA safety composite

857-NiSource-Springfield MA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

857-NiSource-Springfield MA: 2.4 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2019

857-NiSource-Springfield MA's TCR rose 2.0 from 2.4 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Springfield, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 3.8 · 319% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #26/42
PHOTO OR-Albany
BOOK 4y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~189 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OR-Albany (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.8
OR-Albany

3.8
1818 ERASTRE L

3.8
Batavia Servic

3.8
Citizens Energ

3.8

What this shows 857-NiSource-Springfield MA averages 3.8 TCR (319% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

857-NiSource-Springfield MA TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=4.5 · BLS 1.2

Where 857-NiSource-Springfield MA falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 42 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Massachusetts.

857-NiSource-Springfield MA (189 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

857-NiSource-Springfield MA has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2019	4.5	2.2	4	4
2018	5.1	4.5	7	2
2017	3.3	1.7	5	1
2016	2.4	1.4	3	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · MA · Springfield

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 215 employers in Springfield, 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	OR-Albany	ALBANY, OR	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1818 ERASTRE LANDRY RD LAFAYETTE LA	LAFAYETTE, LA	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Batavia Service Center	BATAVIA, NY	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Citizens Energy Group-Gas Ops	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Eversource - Waltham	WALTHAM	189 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Monogram Gourmet Foods, LLC - 301	WILMINGTON	189 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hazen Paper Company	HOLYOKE	189 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Boston	FOXBOROUGH	189 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BMC - Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	8,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BMP - Baystate Medical Practices	Springfield	1,977 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Blue Tarp Redevelopment, LLC d/b/a MGM Springfield	Springfield	1,867 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BMF - Baystate Medical Practices	Springfield	1,746 FTE
NAT-TCR	Dallas Facility	Dallas, TX	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Holstein Farms	Tulare, CA	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Price Rite Store 233 Vestal	Vestal, NY	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mega-Camden	Camden, NJ	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lee Adjustment	Beattyville, KY	189 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Careone Management LLC	Fort Lee, NJ	189 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mayfield - Birmingham IC	Homewood, AL	189 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MN,LUVERNE - Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Luverne, MN	189 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: 2019, 2018, 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.