Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) · Massachusetts
Deerfield Packaging Services
Turners Falls, MA · ~88 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Deerfield Packaging Services runs at 313% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) workplace, earning a grade F.
Deerfield Packaging Services: 10.3 TCR = 313% of Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Deerfield Packaging Services safety composite
Deerfield Packaging Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% 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
−5.1
2020→2024
Deerfield Packaging Services injury rate improved
Deerfield Packaging Services's TCR fell 5.1 from 11.2 in 2020 to 6.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=11.2 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=15.5 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=6.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332216 · Turners Falls, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 313% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #8/9
- PHOTO Rotary / Duramatic
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rotary / Duramatic (0.0 TCR gap)
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Deerfield Packaging Services in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Deerfield Packaging Services
10.3 TCR
- Rotary / Duram
Rotary / Duramatic
10.3 TCR
- Midwest Tool a
Midwest Tool and Cutlery Company
10.2 TCR
- Estwing Manufa
Estwing Manufacturing Company
10.2 TCR
- IDL Techniedge
IDL Techniedge
9.9 TCR
What this shows Deerfield Packaging Services averages 10.3 TCR (313% of the Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) BLS benchmark).
Deerfield Packaging Services TCR series: 2020=11.2 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=15.5 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Deerfield Packaging Services falls in its industry
174 Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g. establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g. employers in Massachusetts.
Deerfield Packaging Services has more employees than the Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty kn median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15.5 | 3.3 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.2 | 5.1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332216 · MA · Turners Falls
174 Tools, hand, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 11 employers in Turners Falls, 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 | Rotary / Duramatic | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Midwest Tool and Cutlery Company | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Estwing Manufacturing Company | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | IDL Techniedge | 9.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | The Heirloom Collective, Inc. Hadley | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Heirloom Collective, Inc. Bernardston | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D'Allessandro Corp | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | C.A. Senecal Electrical Services, Inc. | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Turners Falls | 272 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Judd Wire | 257 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Farren Care Center | 164 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Altium Packaging - Turners Falls Plant | 118 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Willow Fork Pallet | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brandon Court Nursing Home DBA Rankin Community Care Center | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kingsbrook Lifecare Center | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0562 Bedford | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Patterson GA Locomotive | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Burns and Scalo Roofing Company | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | White House Utility District of Robertson and Sumner Counties | 88 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.