Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) · Massachusetts

Ahead HQ

Name: Ahead HQ Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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New Bedford, MA · ~202 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ahead HQ runs at 218% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) workplace, earning a grade F.

Ahead HQ: 7.2 TCR = 218% of Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ahead HQ safety composite

Ahead HQ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.2

2017→2023

Ahead HQ injury rate improved

Ahead HQ's TCR fell 6.2 from 11.1 in 2017 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.1 · 2018=7.1 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=5.6 · 2023=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 315990 · New Bedford, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 218% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK P6
PHOTO Bollman Hat Company
BOOK 5y book
INJ 71 inj
SIZE ~202 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bollman Hat Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bluespoke Ware

7.5
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7.2
Bollman Hat Co

7.2
Century Martia

6.4
GTM Sportswear

5.6

What this shows Ahead HQ averages 7.2 TCR (218% of the Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) BLS benchmark).

Ahead HQ TCR series: 2017=11.1 · 2018=7.1 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=5.6 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Ahead HQ falls in its industry

62 Apparel findings and trimmings establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Ahead HQ (202 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 111 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Ahead HQ has more employees than the Apparel findings and trimmings cut and s median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2023	4.8	2.9	9	1
2021	5.6	5.6	9	0
2020	7.4	7.4	9	0
2018	7.1	6.7	16	1
2017	11.1	8.8	28	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

315990 · MA · New Bedford

62 Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 109 employers in New Bedford, 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	Bollman Hat Company	ADAMSTOWN, PA	7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bluespoke Warehouse	IRVING, TX	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Century Martial Arts	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GTM Sportswear	MANHATTAN, KS	5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	J L Marshall & Sons, Inc	SEEKONK	202 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Electrical Testing Co., LLC	FOXBORO	202 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fire Equipment Incorporated	MEDFORD	202 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unwrapped Inc	LOWELL	202 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Luke's Hospital	New Bedford	2,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR	High Point & Affiliated Organizations	New Bedford	1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR	JAMCO	New Bedford	690 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LifeStream	New Bedford	644 FTE
NAT-TCR	Super Stop & Shop Store 2611	East Hampton, CT	7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Residence Inn Boca Raton	Boca Raton, FL	7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Spencer Industries Incorporated (Iowa)	Wapello, IA	7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Butler Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing	Butler, MO	7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ashton Sawing & Drilling, LLC	Houston, TX	202 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rexburg Plant	Rexburg, ID	202 FTE
NAT-SIZE	OSO Home Care, Inc.	Irvine, CA	202 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Public Works	Suffolk, VA	202 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.