Urea resins manufacturing · Massachusetts

Bi-Qem, Inc

Florence, MA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Bi-Qem, Inc runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Urea resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Bi-Qem, Inc: 7.1 TCR = 216% of Urea resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bi-Qem, Inc safety composite

Bi-Qem, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2018→2023

Bi-Qem, Inc injury rate improved

Bi-Qem, Inc's TCR fell 1.1 from 7.7 in 2018 to 6.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.7 · 2023=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Florence, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 216% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO M&Q Packaging, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: M&Q Packaging, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Massachusetts employers → · Look up another →

Bi-Qem, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bi-Qem, Inc averages 7.1 TCR (216% of the Urea resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bi-Qem, Inc TCR series: 2018=7.7 · 2023=6.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Bi-Qem, Inc falls in its industry

644 Urea resins manufacturing establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

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 11 Urea resins manufacturing employers in Massachusetts.

Bi-Qem, Inc (22 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Bi-Qem, Inc
Bi-Qem, Inc (22 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Bi-Qem, Inc has fewer employees than the Urea resins manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2023 6.6 6.6 1 0 0
2018 7.7 7.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · MA · Florence

644 Urea resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 7 employers in Florence, 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 M&Q Packaging, LLC 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nebraska Plastics Inc 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rotuba Costum Compounds 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADO Products 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Great Falls Aquaculture 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE ANP Bellingham Energy Company LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE 65 Essex Road 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ryan Construction, Inc. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tapestry 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR Keiter Corporation 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Florence Casket 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR River Valley Co-op Administration 23 FTE
NAT-TCR Unit #2697 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Super Stop & Shop #2702 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR RK-072-Lake Wales ( RK-072 ) 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CSP Greensboro 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE McCoys Building Supply-Carlsbad 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sun Commodities 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Texas Best Block - Houb2 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Menomonie Service Center-1P 22 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, 2018. 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.