Machine shops · Massachusetts

B&R Machine

Ludlow, MA · ~76 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B&R Machine runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

B&R Machine: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B&R Machine safety composite

B&R Machine scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

B&R Machine: 2.8 → 4.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2022

B&R Machine's TCR rose 1.7 from 2.8 in 2017 to 4.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Ludlow, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #35/54
  • PHOTO Gulf Machine Shop, I…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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B&R Machine in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B&R Machine averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

B&R Machine TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where B&R Machine falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 54 Machine shops employers in Massachusetts.

B&R Machine (76 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate B&R Machine
B&R Machine (76 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

B&R Machine has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 4.4 3.3 2 2 0
2021 3.8 3.8 3 1 0
2020 4.2 4.2 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.5 3.3 5 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MA · Ludlow

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 23 employers in Ludlow, 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 Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cremach Tech, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dekalb Forge Annex 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin 804 Texas 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Insa Springfield Recreational 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Hadley 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOMERSET-MA45 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cutler Associates, Inc 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Western MA 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kleeberg SheetMetal 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kleeberg Sheet Metal 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Y Foods, Inc. Ludlow 153 FTE
NAT-TCR United Towing & Transport Frisco 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AWC Annapolis Junction 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gateway Printing & Office Supply, Inc.- Corpus Christi, TX Location 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Manheim San Diego 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-01851 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bay Ca 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02450 76 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.