Distribution of natural gas · Massachusetts

Berkshire Gas Company

Pittsfield, MA · ~119 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berkshire Gas Company runs at 338% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Berkshire Gas Company: 4.1 TCR = 338% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berkshire Gas Company safety composite

Berkshire Gas Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

Berkshire Gas Company held a steady TCR band

Berkshire Gas Company's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.8 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.3 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Pittsfield, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.1 · 338% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #28/42
  • PHOTO NW Metro Regional Bu…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NW Metro Regional Business Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berkshire Gas Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berkshire Gas Company averages 4.1 TCR (338% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Berkshire Gas Company TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.3 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 1.2

Where Berkshire Gas Company falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 42 Distribution of natural gas employers in Massachusetts.

Berkshire Gas Company (119 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Berkshire Gas Company
Berkshire Gas Company (119 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Berkshire Gas Company has more employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 3.5 1.1 3 0 0
2022 3.3 2.5 4 0 0
2021 3.5 2.6 4 0 0
2020 3.5 2.6 3 1 0
2019 6.8 5.1 8 0 0
2018 4.2 1.7 5 0 0
2016 3.8 2.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · MA · Pittsfield

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 94 employers in Pittsfield, 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 NW Metro Regional Business Center 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CENTRAL MASS - WEBSTER-MA09 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cascade Natural Gas Bremerton District Office-Operations-Field 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Fuel Distribution Dunkirk Servicenter 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adtech Systems LLC 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holyoke Massachusetts 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE N.B. Kenney Co., Inc 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Walsh Mechanical Contractors 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springside Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center 3,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR HMAPF01 1,263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berkshire County Arc, Inc. 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR HMAPFB1 572 FTE
NAT-TCR Ingram Readymix, Inc. - Sugarland #30 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR C066 Clayton 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR DeQuincy Memorial Hospital 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Thomas Concrete of Georgia Tucker 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Palmer Manufacturing & Tank 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE HF Physicians Dba HF Private Duty 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutliff Chevrolet Co. dba Turner Chevrolet 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manhattan Beach Toyota 119 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.