Permanent mold castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry

Palmer, MA · ~98 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry runs at 698% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Permanent mold castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry: 23.1 TCR = 698% of Permanent mold castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry safety composite

Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 23.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 23.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry held a steady TCR band

Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry's TCR held near 0.0 from 23.1 in 2022 to 23.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 23.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=23.1 · 2023=23.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331524 · Palmer, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 23.1 · 698% of ind

  • DART 23.0 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO BCF/GFI
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BCF/GFI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry averages 23.1 TCR (698% of the Permanent mold castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry TCR series: 2022=23.1 · 2023=23 · BLS 3.3

Where Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry falls in its industry

156 Permanent mold castings, alumi establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry (98 employees, TCR 23.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 7.0 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 02004006008001,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry
Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry (98 employees, TCR 23.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 7.0

Black Bay Ventures VI LLC, DBA Palmer Foundry has more employees than the Permanent mold castings, aluminum, unfin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.0. 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 23.0 23.0 25 0 0
2022 23.1 20.2 24 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331524 · MA · Palmer

156 Permanent mold castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 27 employers in Palmer, 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 BCF/GFI 23.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meloon 21.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Foundry 21.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR AC Foundry Incorporated dba Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings 20.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cresco Labs - Uxbridge 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Westfield Gas and Electric Light Department 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE NER Construction Management 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Brothers Masonry 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR WMH - Wing Memorial Hospital 676 FTE
CITY-NEAR BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital 668 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Tree Service, LLC 189 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern General Contractors Inc 168 FTE
NAT-TCR QNT Tulsa 23.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodyear Az 23.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia Crest Center 23.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bickford of Greenwood 23.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Veritiv Operating Company - MI012 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bernhard MCC, LLC - Lafayette 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE BW Elliott Manufacturing 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE FAYETTEVILLE 98 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.