Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated · Massachusetts
Costa Fruit and Produce Company
Charlestown, MA · ~180 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.3
- Avg TCR
- 5.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Costa Fruit and Produce Company runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated workplace, earning a grade F.
Costa Fruit and Produce Company: 12.3 TCR = 212% of Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Costa Fruit and Produce Company safety composite
Costa Fruit and Produce Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 15.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Costa Fruit and Produce Company: 8.9 → 15.8 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 15.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.23× in 2019
Costa Fruit and Produce Company's TCR rose 6.9 from 8.9 in 2018 to 15.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 493120 · Charlestown, MA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 212% of ind
- DART 15.2 DART
- RANK #21/24
- PHOTO Perry Distribution C…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 48 inj
- SIZE ~180 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Perry Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Costa Fruit and Produce Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Co 19 Maines P
Co 19 Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.
12.7 TCR
- Dawn Foods Nor
Dawn Foods Northeast
12.5 TCR
- This site
Costa Fruit and Produce Company
12.3 TCR
- Perry Distribu
Perry Distribution Center
12.3 TCR
- PRODUCE WAREHO
PRODUCE WAREHOUSE
12.2 TCR
What this shows Costa Fruit and Produce Company averages 12.3 TCR (212% of the Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated BLS benchmark).
Costa Fruit and Produce Company TCR series: 2018=8.9 · 2019=15.8 · BLS 5.8
Where Costa Fruit and Produce Company falls in its industry
1,039 Private warehousing and storag establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 24 Private warehousing and storag employers in Massachusetts.
Costa Fruit and Produce Company has more employees than the Private warehousing and storage, refrige median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
493120 · MA · Charlestown
1,039 Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 19 employers in Charlestown, 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 | Perry Distribution Center | 12.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PRODUCE WAREHOUSE | 12.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dawn Foods Northeast | 12.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Co 19 Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. | 12.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Rich Products Salem | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Allegro MicroSystems, LLC (MAR) | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MANHEIM NEW ENGLAND | 180 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston | 1,637 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Diversified Automotive Inc | 360 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gentle Giant Moving Company Charlestown | 211 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 10509 Charlestown | 174 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Holiday Inn Express | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Azalea Trails Assisted Living & Memory Care | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pendleton Mill | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HFC - Hopkinsville | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bayshore Library | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | El Dorado Library | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mark Twain Library | 180 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.