Lithium batteries manufacturing · Massachusetts

Ascend Elements - Headquarters

Westborough, MA · ~127 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ascend Elements - Headquarters runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Lithium batteries manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ascend Elements - Headquarters: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Lithium batteries manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascend Elements - Headquarters safety composite

Ascend Elements - Headquarters scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ascend Elements - Headquarters: 0.9 → 1.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2024

Ascend Elements - Headquarters's TCR rose 0.6 from 0.9 in 2023 to 1.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335910 · Westborough, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK P57
  • PHOTO 9113-020127-ASSOCIATES
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 9113-020127-ASSOCIATES (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ascend Elements - Headquarters in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ascend Elements - Headquarters averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Lithium batteries manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Ascend Elements - Headquarters TCR series: 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Ascend Elements - Headquarters falls in its industry

14 Lithium batteries manufacturin establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2023 0.9 0.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335910 · MA · Westborough

14 Lithium batteries manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 67 employers in Westborough, 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 9113-020127-ASSOCIATES 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SKBA 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Group14 Technology 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ambri LLC 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 5472-NAI-0033-0033-04407 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE STOP & SHOP 100022 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedarwood Gardens 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-NAI-0033-0033-03580 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Site Services 3,950 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia Electrical Contractors, Inc. 625 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanofi Westborough 613 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cumberland Farms - Westboro Distribution Center 562 FTE
NAT-TCR Pirelli Tire LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Thomas Instrument 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SilcoTek Corporation 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Otis Elevator Company-Washington DC NE 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Village Healthcare & Rehabilitation 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dana Distributors, Inc. 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bain Enterprises, LLC 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Dallas 2424 E 38th Ave 127 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.