Cathodic protection equipment manufacturing · Massachusetts

Backer Hotwatt, Inc.

Name: Backer Hotwatt, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Danvers, MA · ~128 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Backer Hotwatt, Inc. runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cathodic protection equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Backer Hotwatt, Inc.: 4.8 TCR = 144% of Cathodic protection equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Backer Hotwatt, Inc. safety composite

Backer Hotwatt, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Backer Hotwatt, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Backer Hotwatt, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 4.9 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.9 · 2018=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335999 · Danvers, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 144% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #12/12
PHOTO CUI Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CUI Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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What this shows Backer Hotwatt, Inc. averages 4.8 TCR (144% of the Cathodic protection equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Backer Hotwatt, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2018=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Backer Hotwatt, Inc. falls in its industry

219 Cathodic protection equipment establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Cathodic protection equipment employers in Massachusetts.

Backer Hotwatt, Inc. (128 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Backer Hotwatt, Inc. has more employees than the Cathodic protection equipment manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2018	4.6	2.8	5	0	0
2016	4.9	2.9	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335999 · MA · Danvers

219 Cathodic protection equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 119 employers in Danvers, 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	CUI Inc.	TUALATIN, OR	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WILLIAMSBURG VA	WILLIAMSBURG, VA	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Laser Tech	RIVERSIDE, CA	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Gund Company	ST. LOUIS, MO	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Collins Electric Company, Inc.	CHICOPEE	128 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Arranta Bio	WATERTOWN	128 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MA121 TMC	PEABODY	128 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D.B. Roberts, Inc.-Wilmington	WILMINGTON	128 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Abiomed, Inc. (Danvers HQ)	Danvers	1,915 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northeast Arc	Danvers	1,016 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Medtronic-CVG	Danvers	964 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Millipore Sigma 17 Cherry Hill Drive Danvers	Danvers	943 FTE
NAT-TCR	GlenCove Health and Rehabilitation Center	Panama City, FL	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Adel Wholesalers Inc.	Bettendorf, IA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eaton Mill	Eaton, IN	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	City Harvest Food Rescue Facility	Long Island City, NY	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Flowserve Corporation - Bethlehem	Bethlehem, PA	128 FTE
NAT-SIZE	OPC Nevada Marketing	Las Vegas, NV	128 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rocky Mountain Prestress-Structural	Denver, CO	128 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Richards Industries	Cincinnati, OH	128 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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