Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing · Rhode Island

Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island

Cranston, RI · ~169 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island safety composite

Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island: 0.7 → 2.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.61× in 2021

Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island's TCR rose 2.2 from 0.7 in 2020 to 2.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Cranston, RI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO LH Medical
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~169 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LH Medical (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island TCR series: 2020=0.7 · 2021=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island falls in its industry

741 Needles, hypodermic and suture establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Rhode Island alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Needles, hypodermic and suture employers in Rhode Island.

Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island (169 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island
Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island (169 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Cadence Inc.- Rhode Island has fewer employees than the Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2021 2.9 2.9 5 0 0
2020 0.7 0.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · RI · Cranston

741 Needles, hypodermic and suture, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,610 rated employers in Rhode Island with headcount on file · 151 employers in Cranston, RI · 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 LH Medical 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BD-Grayson 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avalign Instruments and Implants 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medical Murray - Charlotte 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Providence Performing Arts Center 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE Warehouse 1 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1505 LOWE S OF CRANSTON RI 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4028 EAST REGION-CUMBERLAND 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taco Cranston 393 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tasca Lincoln Mercury Inc 391 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thielsch Engineering HQ 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heritage Healthcare Services Inc. 347 FTE
NAT-TCR Veritiv Operating Company - OH019 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlantic County (incl SC, Urg Care, CIEBP) 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR JR Automation Technologies, LLC Holland, MI 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mesquite Plant 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minnesota Office 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kahl Home for the Aged 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABQ - Ground Ops 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saia-Burgess Automotive Actuators, LLC 169 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: 2021, 2020. 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.