Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · Massachusetts

BemisUS Shirley

Shirley, MA · ~234 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BemisUS Shirley runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

BemisUS Shirley: 4.2 TCR = 128% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BemisUS Shirley safety composite

BemisUS Shirley scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.34 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%).

Rising injury rate

BemisUS Shirley: 3.7 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2019

BemisUS Shirley's TCR rose 3.0 from 3.7 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Shirley, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 128% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #11/13
  • PHOTO Toagosei America, Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~234 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Toagosei America, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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BemisUS Shirley in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BemisUS Shirley averages 4.2 TCR (128% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

BemisUS Shirley TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where BemisUS Shirley falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in Massachusetts.

BemisUS Shirley (234 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate BemisUS Shirley
BemisUS Shirley (234 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

BemisUS Shirley has more employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2019 6.8 4.3 14 0 0
2018 3.8 0.8 9 0 0
2017 2.7 2.4 7 0 0
2016 3.7 2.9 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · MA · Shirley

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 12 employers in Shirley, 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 Toagosei America, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Surebonder Adhesives 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polyset Company Inc 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif (IP Kernersville - Adhesives) 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE HOME DELIVERY STOP & SHOP WHITMAN, MA GDP 234 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1229 - Everett 234 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lahey Medical Center - 25 Mall Rd 234 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Shore Health Home Care Division 234 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bemis Associates, Inc. 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Little Leaf Farms 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Closets by Design Boston 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker- Mobius 87 FTE
NAT-TCR Liberty Village of Centralia 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Emmi Roth USA- Dist. Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Aperion Care Bloomington 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR HNCCO01 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE SmartWatt Energy, Inc. 234 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilltop Health Services Corporation 234 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Lakes Brewing Company 234 FTE
NAT-SIZE Island Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 234 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.