Water treatment and distribution · Massachusetts

Chelmsford Water District

Chelmsford, MA · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chelmsford Water District runs at 427% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Chelmsford Water District: 5.1 TCR = 427% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chelmsford Water District safety composite

Chelmsford Water District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

2021→2022

Chelmsford Water District injury rate improved

Chelmsford Water District's TCR fell 1.1 from 5.7 in 2021 to 4.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.7 · 2022=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Chelmsford, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.1 · 427% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK P42
  • PHOTO 6054 - Winter Garden
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6054 - Winter Garden (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chelmsford Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chelmsford Water District averages 5.1 TCR (427% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Chelmsford Water District TCR series: 2021=5.7 · 2022=4.6 · BLS 1.2

Where Chelmsford Water District falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Chelmsford Water District (21 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chelmsford Water District
Chelmsford Water District (21 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Chelmsford Water District has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2021 5.7 5.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · MA · Chelmsford

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 66 employers in Chelmsford, 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 6054 - Winter Garden 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR NN Waterworks 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MWWD Admin and Operations 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6271-034 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bellingham Energy 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Medway 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Medway Power Plant 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allendale Biomass LLC 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHELMSFORD (MACHE) 1,879 FTE
CITY-NEAR MACHE - CHELMSFORD 1,867 FTE
CITY-NEAR ZOLL Medical 1,585 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brooks Automation US, LLC. 839 FTE
NAT-TCR Genesis Plastics Technologies 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tops #220 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Reichhold Pensacola 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartford Health Care 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goodland Admin Office 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maumee Pattern Company 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal Associates, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Marine Store #11 21 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.