Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Massachusetts

CSW, Inc.

Ludlow, MA · ~69 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CSW, Inc. runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

CSW, Inc.: 4.9 TCR = 147% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CSW, Inc. safety composite

CSW, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−2.8

2017→2022

CSW, Inc. injury rate improved

CSW, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 9.7 in 2017 to 6.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.7 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Ludlow, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 147% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P29
  • PHOTO Container Graphics WBL
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Container Graphics WBL (0.0 TCR gap)

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CSW, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CSW, Inc. averages 4.9 TCR (147% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

CSW, Inc. TCR series: 2017=9.7 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=6.9 · BLS 3.3

Where CSW, Inc. falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
CSW, Inc. (69 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate CSW, Inc.
CSW, Inc. (69 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

CSW, Inc. has more employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 6.9 0.0 4 0 0
2021 4.8 1.6 3 0 0
2020 4.9 3.3 2 1 0
2019 2.9 1.4 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 9.7 3.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · MA · Ludlow

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 23 employers in Ludlow, 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 Container Graphics WBL 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Products 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Port City Rollform Tooling 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Die-Namic Inc. 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walsh Contracting Corp 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE S&R Corporation 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5001 Avon 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE MEC Electrical Contractors Inc 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Western MA 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kleeberg SheetMetal 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kleeberg Sheet Metal 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Y Foods, Inc. Ludlow 153 FTE
NAT-TCR Rockford Process Control 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR WPP Bakersfield 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR All-State Electrical Contractors, LLC 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Super Stop & Shop Store 102810 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tidewater Transit-Fayetteville 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norfolk Iron and Metal - Iowa 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Puetz Design + Build 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest Hill Nursing Center 69 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.