Contractors, cut and sew apparel · Massachusetts

99 Degrees Custom

Lawrence, MA · ~142 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

99 Degrees Custom runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Contractors, cut and sew apparel workplace, earning a grade C.

99 Degrees Custom: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Contractors, cut and sew apparel BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

99 Degrees Custom safety composite

99 Degrees Custom scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

99 Degrees Custom: 0.0 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2021

99 Degrees Custom's TCR rose 3.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 315210 · Lawrence, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK P44
  • PHOTO Golden Mfg Co Inc
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Golden Mfg Co Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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99 Degrees Custom in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 99 Degrees Custom averages 3.2 TCR (97% of the Contractors, cut and sew apparel BLS benchmark).

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

99 Degrees Custom TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where 99 Degrees Custom falls in its industry

72 Contractors, cut and sew appar establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
99 Degrees Custom (142 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 99 Degrees Custom
99 Degrees Custom (142 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.0

99 Degrees Custom has more employees than the Contractors, cut and sew apparel median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021 3.4 3.4 7 0 0
2020 2.1 2.1 4 0 0
2019 2.2 2.2 3 0 0
2018 5.6 5.6 3 0 0
2017 5.8 5.8 3 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

315210 · MA · Lawrence

72 Contractors, cut and sew apparel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 77 employers in Lawrence, 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 Golden Mfg Co Inc 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Bailey Boys, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAIN PLANT 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Bailey Boys, Inc. 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE NEL Corp Middleton 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fort Point 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE NORTHAMPTON, MA 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE New England Wooden Ware Corp 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL 1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence 730 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence Manufacturing 728 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill 723 FTE
NAT-TCR Retrax 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Extreme Power Services LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Medical Foundation (185-235) 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-30343) 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE SOLV, Inc 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brunner Island 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE CrossRoads Plant 501 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE International Rectifier HiRel 142 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.