Heavy Construction other than Building Construction Contractors · Massachusetts
Baltazar Contractors
Ludlow, MA · ~95 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Baltazar Contractors runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heavy Construction other than Building Construction Contractors workplace, earning a grade D.
Baltazar Contractors: 4.0 TCR = 144% of Heavy Construction other than Building Construction Contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Baltazar Contractors safety composite
Baltazar Contractors scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Baltazar Contractors: 1.1 → 6.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2024
Baltazar Contractors's TCR rose 5.3 from 1.1 in 2022 to 6.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237110 · Ludlow, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 144% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #14/27
- PHOTO Southwest Utility Sy…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~95 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Southwest Utility Systems Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Baltazar Contractors in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Baltazar Contractors
4 TCR
- Southwest Util
Southwest Utility Systems Inc
4 TCR
- Prunty Constru
Prunty Construction Company, Inc.
4 TCR
- Pegram Constru
Pegram Construction, Inc.
4 TCR
- Mladen Buntich
Mladen Buntich Construction Company, Inc.
4 TCR
What this shows Baltazar Contractors averages 4.0 TCR (144% of the Heavy Construction other than Building Construction Contractors BLS benchmark).
Baltazar Contractors TCR series: 2022=1.1 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 2.8
Where Baltazar Contractors falls in its industry
1,614 Heavy Construction other than establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 27 Heavy Construction other than employers in Massachusetts.
Baltazar Contractors has more employees than the Heavy Construction other than Building C median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237110 · MA · Ludlow
1,614 Heavy Construction other than Building Construction Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 23 employers in Ludlow, 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 | Southwest Utility Systems Inc | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Prunty Construction Company, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pegram Construction, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mladen Buntich Construction Company, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cranshaw Construction of New England | 95 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | T.L. Edwards, Inc. | 95 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | J H Lynch - Millbury | 95 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 43 Printworks Drive | 95 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Western MA | 238 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kleeberg SheetMetal | 161 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kleeberg Sheet Metal | 159 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Big Y Foods, Inc. Ludlow | 153 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | El Paso Tx - 836 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Youngblood Nursery, Inc | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sacramento Windustrial | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dorsey Trailer, LLC | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 3A Composites USA Inc. | 95 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Able Steel Fabricators, Inc. | 95 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Central Transport - 372 372SH | 95 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Quantum Graphics, Inc. | 95 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.