Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) · Massachusetts

Black Bay Ventures VI, LLC (dba Palmer Foundry)

Palmer, MA · ~67 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Black Bay Ventures VI, LLC (dba Palmer Foundry) runs at 526% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) workplace, earning a grade F.

Black Bay Ventures VI, LLC (dba Palmer Foundry): 17.4 TCR = 526% of Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) BLS 3.3 · 5y 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 dart rate (safer than 7%), 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 17.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

Black Bay Ventures VI, LLC (dba Palmer Foundry): 9.9 → 13.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 25.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2020

Black Bay Ventures VI, LLC (dba Palmer Foundry)'s TCR rose 3.2 from 9.9 in 2016 to 13.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 25.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 17.4 · 526% of ind

  • DART 13.2 DART
  • RANK P8
  • PHOTO Ross Aluminum Castin…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 55 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ross Aluminum Castings LLC (0.1 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 17.4 TCR (526% of the Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) 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: 2016=9.9 · 2017=22.4 · 2018=25.5 · 2019=15.8 · 2020=13.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Black Bay Ventures VI, LLC (dba Palmer Foundry) falls in its industry

156 Aluminum foundries (except die establishments

Safer than 8% 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) (67 employees, TCR 17.4) 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) (67 employees, TCR 17.4) 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 fewer employees than the Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) 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
2020 13.2 13.2 8 0 0
2019 15.8 12.3 7 2 0
2018 25.5 18.2 19 2 0
2017 22.4 18.2 15 1 0
2016 9.9 9.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331524 · MA · Palmer

156 Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) 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 Ross Aluminum Castings LLC 17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kearneys' Aluminum Foundry, Inc. 17.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Aluminum Foundry Co. 17.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR AFW Foundry 17.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Hyde Park Electric 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Westborough 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE JS Rae - Berkshire 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kinetic Systems Inc. Scarborough Office 67 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 Charles 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodbury Healthcare Center 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1953 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis 17.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Guardian IG LLC 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hamilton Contracting LLC 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Dispsoal Inc 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE 34 Concord 67 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.