Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing · Massachusetts

Chesterton - Groveland

Groveland, MA · ~504 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chesterton - Groveland runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Chesterton - Groveland: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chesterton - Groveland safety composite

Chesterton - Groveland scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2019→2024

Chesterton - Groveland injury rate improved

Chesterton - Groveland's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.5 in 2019 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339991 · Groveland, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO EGC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~504 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EGC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chesterton - Groveland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chesterton - Groveland averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chesterton - Groveland TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Chesterton - Groveland falls in its industry

218 Gasket, packing, and sealing d establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Gasket, packing, and sealing d employers in Massachusetts.

Chesterton - Groveland (504 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Chesterton - Groveland
Chesterton - Groveland (504 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Chesterton - Groveland has more employees than the Gasket, packing, and sealing devices man median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2024 0.9 0.5 4 0 0
2023 0.9 0.7 4 0 0
2021 1.6 1.1 5 2 0
2020 1.6 0.9 4 3 0
2019 2.5 1.9 10 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339991 · MA · Groveland

218 Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 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 EGC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parker Spartanburg SC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Engineered Materials : Lebanon 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Truvant 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fairhaven HQ 504 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Shore Medical Center - 143 Longwater 503 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lahey Clinic North 503 FTE
STATE-SIZE HMAPFB2 502 FTE
NAT-TCR Summit Line Construction 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Marshall Industrial Technologies 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Grand Prairie 10049 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Planters Peanuts 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pursuit Boats 504 FTE
NAT-SIZE FV Northland Medical Center 504 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chef's Warehouse-Bronx 504 FTE
NAT-SIZE Molson Coors Beverage Company 504 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.