Cord (except wire) manufacturing · Rhode Island

ashaway line & twine

Ashaway, RI · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ashaway line & twine runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cord (except wire) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

ashaway line & twine: 4.5 TCR = 138% of Cord (except wire) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ashaway line & twine safety composite

ashaway line & twine scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

ashaway line & twine: 2.7 → 10.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2.34× in 2024

ashaway line & twine's TCR rose 7.9 from 2.7 in 2017 to 10.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 314994 · Ashaway, RI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 138% of ind

  • DART 10.6 DART
  • RANK P39
  • PHOTO Bridgestone Metalpha…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bridgestone Metalpha USA, Inc. (0.4 TCR gap)

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ashaway line & twine in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ashaway line & twine averages 4.5 TCR (138% of the Cord (except wire) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ashaway line & twine TCR series: 2017=2.7 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=10.6 · BLS 3.3

Where ashaway line & twine falls in its industry

31 Cord (except wire) manufacturi establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
ashaway line & twine (43 employees, TCR 4.5) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 24 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate ashaway line & twine
ashaway line & twine (43 employees, TCR 4.5) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.3

ashaway line & twine has fewer employees than the Cord (except wire) manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 Fatalities
2024 10.6 10.6 4 0 0
2023 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2020 7.6 7.6 3 0 0
2019 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 7.6 2.5 3 0 0
2017 2.7 2.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

314994 · RI · Ashaway

31 Cord (except wire) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,610 rated employers in Rhode Island with headcount on file · 6 employers in Ashaway, RI · 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 Bridgestone Metalpha USA, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Innovative Textiles, Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AIKEN MFG., INC. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Cordage East, LTD 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Broadview/Cottage 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6140-61400127 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stolberger Inc. dba Wardwell Braiding Co. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coldmasters Temperature Control Inc. - Cranston RI 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR High Performance Medical Solutions 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hitachi Cable America Inc., High Performance Medical Solutions Division (RI Facility) 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR W23 AER - Ashaway 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR L3Harris Technologies Inc-Ashaway 51 FTE
NAT-TCR Premier Industries 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Command Web Missouri 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR First Step House 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tom's Riverside #773 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Van Lom Structures Inc 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE MiTek USA, Inc. (Tolleson East) 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE B87 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haydon Corporation TX 43 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.