Hydroponic crop farming · Massachusetts
Alternative Compassion Services
Bridgewater, MA · ~60 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Alternative Compassion Services runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hydroponic crop farming workplace, earning a grade F.
Alternative Compassion Services: 9.5 TCR = 212% of Hydroponic crop farming BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Alternative Compassion Services safety composite
Alternative Compassion Services scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% 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
−6.0
2022→2024
Alternative Compassion Services injury rate improved
Alternative Compassion Services's TCR fell 6.0 from 8.2 in 2022 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 18.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=8.2 · 2023=18.2 · 2024=2.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111419 · Bridgewater, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 212% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #20/23
- PHOTO Columbia Care New Je…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~60 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Columbia Care New Jersey LLC.-Vineland 2 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Alternative Compassion Services in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Alternative Compassion Services
9.5 TCR
- Columbia Care
Columbia Care New Jersey LLC.-Vineland 2
9.5 TCR
- Verano NJ CPG
Verano NJ CPG
9.5 TCR
- Pure Green Far
Pure Green Farms
9.4 TCR
- Soli Organic I
Soli Organic Inc. - Sherman
9.3 TCR
What this shows Alternative Compassion Services averages 9.5 TCR (212% of the Hydroponic crop farming BLS benchmark).
Alternative Compassion Services TCR series: 2022=8.2 · 2023=18.2 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 4.5
Where Alternative Compassion Services falls in its industry
251 Hydroponic crop farming establishmentsSafer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 23 Hydroponic crop farming employers in Massachusetts.
Alternative Compassion Services has fewer employees than the Hydroponic crop farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111419 · MA · Bridgewater
251 Hydroponic crop farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 35 employers in Bridgewater, 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 | Columbia Care New Jersey LLC.-Vineland 2 | 9.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Verano NJ CPG | 9.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pure Green Farms | 9.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Soli Organic Inc. - Sherman | 9.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Holistic Industries, Inc | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Keyes North Atlantic | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HWE Woburn HVAC | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Industrial Transfer & Storage Inc. | 60 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bridgewater State Hospital | 507 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - SMA2 | 463 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Polar Elm St | 273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lucini Bus Lines, Inc. | 256 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Madison County Sheriff's Department | 9.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Semper Delivery Office | 9.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HCSC Laundry - Camden NJ | 9.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eataly Silicon Valley | 9.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NY191 Harmon New York Administrative Office | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GA485 Saint Marys Converting | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PSL-Whispering Winds of Apple Valley | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chandler Leasing, LLC | 60 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.