Produce and Specialty Food Distributor · Massachusetts

Baldor Boston

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Chelsea, MA · ~123 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Baldor Boston runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Produce and Specialty Food Distributor workplace, earning a grade C.

Baldor Boston: 2.3 TCR = 105% of Produce and Specialty Food Distributor BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Baldor Boston safety composite

Baldor Boston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
DART rate: D 6.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Baldor Boston: 1.8 → 6.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.64× in 2023

Baldor Boston's TCR rose 4.3 from 1.8 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Chelsea, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 105% of ind

DART 6.1 DART
RANK #5/35
PHOTO Walnut Creek Foods D…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 22 inj
SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Walnut Creek Foods Distribution (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Walnut Creek F

2.3
ELKHORN

2.3
Dot Foods, Inc

2.3
CS Wholesale G

2.3

What this shows Baldor Boston averages 2.3 TCR (105% of the Produce and Specialty Food Distributor BLS benchmark).

Baldor Boston TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.6 · 2023=6.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Baldor Boston falls in its industry

1,651 Produce and Specialty Food Dis establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 35 Produce and Specialty Food Dis employers in Massachusetts.

Baldor Boston (123 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Baldor Boston has fewer employees than the Produce and Specialty Food Distributor median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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
2023	6.1	6.1	15
2019	0.6	0.6	1
2018	1.4	1.4	2
2017	1.7	1.7	2
2016	1.8	0.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · MA · Chelsea

1,651 Produce and Specialty Food Distributor employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 52 employers in Chelsea, 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	Walnut Creek Foods Distribution	MILLERSBURG, OH	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ELKHORN	ELKHORN, WI	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dot Foods, Inc.- CA	MODESTO, CA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CS Wholesale Grocers : Stockton, CA (GDC)	STOCKTON, CA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Nourse Farms, Inc.	SOUTH DEERFIELD	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DPR Construction - Boston	CAMBRIDGE	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cape Associates Eastham office	EASTHAM	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Thyssenkrupp- Boston	WESTWOOD	123 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Market Basket #32	Chelsea	683 FTE
CITY-NEAR	State Garden, Inc.	Chelsea	425 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kayem Foods, Inc	Chelsea	308 FTE
CITY-NEAR	240055-BOS-CHELSEA CARRIER ANNEX	Chelsea	284 FTE
NAT-TCR	Oklahoma City Distribution	Oklahoma City, OK	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Buena Vista Ready Mix	Miami, FL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	F&V Operations and Resource Management, Inc.	Grand Rapids, MI	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vitalant NV Reno	Reno, NV	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	10110 Winston Salem	Winston-Salem, NC	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Evergreen Packaging - Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fort Wayne Corporate	Ft Wayne, IN	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Gardens at Foley	Foley, MN	123 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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