Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing · Massachusetts

American Specialty Grinding

Name: American Specialty Grinding Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicopee, MA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

American Specialty Grinding runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

American Specialty Grinding: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Specialty Grinding safety composite

American Specialty Grinding scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−4.3

2023→2024

American Specialty Grinding injury rate improved

American Specialty Grinding's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333515 · Chicopee, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/7
PHOTO Crankshaft Machine G…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crankshaft Machine Group (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.2
Crankshaft Mac

2.2
Monster Tool L

2.2
MI03-UDX-FLUSH

2.2
GLCT

2.1

What this shows American Specialty Grinding averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

American Specialty Grinding TCR series: 2023=4.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where American Specialty Grinding falls in its industry

221 Inserts, cutting tool, manufac establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Inserts, cutting tool, manufac employers in Massachusetts.

American Specialty Grinding (22 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5

American Specialty Grinding has fewer employees than the Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	4.3	4.3	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333515 · MA · Chicopee

221 Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 104 employers in Chicopee, 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	Crankshaft Machine Group	JACKSON, MI	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Monster Tool LLC	VISTA, CA	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MI03-UDX-FLUSHING	FLUSHING, MI	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GLCT	PESHTIGO, WI	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Great Falls Aquaculture	TURNERS FALLS	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ANP Bellingham Energy Company LLC	BELLINGHAM	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	65 Essex Road	HOPKINTON	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ryan Construction, Inc.	WALPOLE	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MA-04	Chicopee	4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Consumer Product Distributors LLC dba J Polep Distribution Services	Chicopee	774 FTE
CITY-NEAR	J Polep Distribution Services	Chicopee	686 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 5278	Chicopee	526 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bridgeway of Bensenville	Bensenville, IL	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	2023 Coborn's Elk River	Elk River, MN	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Beckley Service Center	Beckley, WV	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Maudlin Products	Kemah, TX	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Springhill Suites Chicago Schaumburg	Schaumburg, IL	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Santee	Santee, CA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dimensional Design	Duluth, GA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CFR Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo, MI	22 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.