Continuing care retirement communities · Massachusetts

Applewood at Amherst

Amherst, MA · ~74 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Applewood at Amherst runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Continuing care retirement communities workplace, earning a grade D.

Applewood at Amherst: 6.8 TCR = 180% of Continuing care retirement communities BLS 3.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Applewood at Amherst safety composite

Applewood at Amherst scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

TCR Δ

−10.8

2016→2023

Applewood at Amherst injury rate improved

Applewood at Amherst's TCR fell 10.8 from 10.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.8 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=8.6 · 2019=16.4 · 2020=5.8 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · Amherst, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 180% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #41/80
  • PHOTO Autumn View Gardens
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Autumn View Gardens (0.0 TCR gap)

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Applewood at Amherst in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Applewood at Amherst averages 6.8 TCR (180% of the Continuing care retirement communities BLS benchmark).

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

Applewood at Amherst TCR series: 2016=10.8 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=8.6 · 2019=16.4 · 2020=5.8 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Applewood at Amherst falls in its industry

4,127 Continuing care retirement com establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 80 Continuing care retirement com employers in Massachusetts.

Applewood at Amherst (74 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Applewood at Amherst
Applewood at Amherst (74 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Applewood at Amherst has more employees than the Continuing care retirement communities median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2020 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2019 16.4 8.2 5 1 0
2018 8.6 8.6 3 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 10.8 5.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · MA · Amherst

4,127 Continuing care retirement communities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 10 employers in Amherst, 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 Autumn View Gardens 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dominion Clemson, LLC 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edencrest at The Legacy 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Saints Memory Care 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Medicinals, Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Boston Solar Company LLC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPS/Walsh JV 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Bay State Construction Co., INc. 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Y Foods, Inc. Amherst 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amherst 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Lord Jeffery Inn 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Arbors at Amherst 76 FTE
NAT-TCR Colonial Concrete Company, LLC 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Warren Farmers Co-op 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 9095-ITO 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Speedco 909 Conley, GA 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Yuma County Attorney 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boone Tavern 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morgan Memorial Foundation., dba Gil-Mor Manor and Gil-Mor Haven 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Paper Converting Inc. 74 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, 2022, 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.