Heating oil dealers, direct selling · Maine

Colby & Gale, Inc.

Damariscotta, ME · ~74 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Colby & Gale, Inc. runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heating oil dealers, direct selling workplace, earning a grade F.

Colby & Gale, Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 200% of Heating oil dealers, direct selling BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colby & Gale, Inc. safety composite

Colby & Gale, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

Colby & Gale, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Colby & Gale, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 4.1 in 2018 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.1 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=15.3 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454310 · Damariscotta, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 200% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #16/39
  • PHOTO Interstate Gas Suppl…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Interstate Gas Supply, LLC Center Valley (0.0 TCR gap)

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Colby & Gale, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colby & Gale, Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (200% of the Heating oil dealers, direct selling BLS benchmark).

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

Colby & Gale, Inc. TCR series: 2018=4.1 · 2019=6 · 2020=7 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=15.3 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Colby & Gale, Inc. falls in its industry

366 Heating oil dealers, direct se establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 39 Heating oil dealers, direct se employers in Maine.

Colby & Gale, Inc. (74 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 020406080100 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Colby & Gale, Inc.
Colby & Gale, Inc. (74 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Colby & Gale, Inc. has more employees than the Heating oil dealers, direct selling median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 3.9 3.0 4 0 0
2023 15.3 2.0 15 0 0
2022 5.1 0.0 4 0 0
2021 6.1 1.5 4 0 0
2020 7.0 3.5 4 0 0
2019 6.0 0.0 2 1 0
2018 4.1 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454310 · ME · Damariscotta

366 Heating oil dealers, direct selling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 9 employers in Damariscotta, ME · 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 Interstate Gas Supply, LLC Center Valley 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Petro NYC - Maspeth 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jack's Oil Distributing Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SUPERIOR PLUS - 0713 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Deblois Farm 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emera Maine Telcom Ops Center 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2904-ASM-ME 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE 08165 - Store # 8165 Jay 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR LH -35 Miles 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lincolnhelath /Coves Edge 216 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08141 - Store # 8141 Damariscotta 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8141 165 FTE
NAT-TCR Outback Inc 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6103 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Champagne Beverage Company 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Deli Brands of America 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Construction Trades Services, Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Biofilm, Inc 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summerset Marine Construction 74 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.