Machine shops · Massachusetts
Dale Engineering & Son Inc
Bedford, MA · ~58 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dale Engineering & Son Inc runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.
Dale Engineering & Son Inc: 1.7 TCR = 50% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dale Engineering & Son Inc safety composite
Dale Engineering & Son Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% 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%).
Dale Engineering & Son Inc held a steady TCR band
Dale Engineering & Son Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.5 in 2023 to 1.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=1.5 · 2024=1.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332710 · Bedford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 50% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #16/54
- PHOTO MPI Golf
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~58 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MPI Golf (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dale Engineering & Son Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Dale Engineering & Son Inc
1.7 TCR
- MPI Golf
MPI Golf
1.7 TCR
- H&S Tool and E
H&S Tool and Engineering, Inc.
1.7 TCR
- Matrix
Matrix
1.7 TCR
- THK Manufactur
THK Manufacturing of American, INC
1.7 TCR
What this shows Dale Engineering & Son Inc averages 1.7 TCR (50% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).
Dale Engineering & Son Inc TCR series: 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Dale Engineering & Son Inc falls in its industry
1,821 Machine shops establishmentsSafer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 54 Machine shops employers in Massachusetts.
Dale Engineering & Son Inc has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332710 · MA · Bedford
1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 50 employers in Bedford, 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 | MPI Golf | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | H&S Tool and Engineering, Inc. | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Matrix | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | THK Manufacturing of American, INC | 1.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Liberty Utilities Charles Street | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eversource - Somerville Gas | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Elkins | 58 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Instrumentation Laboratory | 1,248 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bedford - 174 Middlesex Pkwy | 453 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby and 75 Wiggins | 422 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | State Electric Corporation | 419 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lee Company | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Klinger Constructors LLC. | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Treesmiths LLC. | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DAC International | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Clearfield | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Genco delivery | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pratt (Love Box), LLC | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USA Tallahassee 3215 Capital Cir | 58 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.