Knife blades manufacturing · Massachusetts

Dexter Russell Sturbridge

Sturbridge, MA · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dexter Russell Sturbridge runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Knife blades manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Dexter Russell Sturbridge: 4.5 TCR = 135% of Knife blades manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dexter Russell Sturbridge safety composite

Dexter Russell Sturbridge scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−8.9

2022→2023

Dexter Russell Sturbridge injury rate improved

Dexter Russell Sturbridge's TCR fell 8.9 from 8.9 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=8.9 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332215 · Sturbridge, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 135% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO U S Blades Sub LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: U S Blades Sub LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dexter Russell Sturbridge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dexter Russell Sturbridge averages 4.5 TCR (135% of the Knife blades manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dexter Russell Sturbridge TCR series: 2022=8.9 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Dexter Russell Sturbridge falls in its industry

52 Knife blades manufacturing establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Knife blades manufacturing employers in Massachusetts.

Dexter Russell Sturbridge (36 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dexter Russell Sturbridge
Dexter Russell Sturbridge (36 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Dexter Russell Sturbridge has fewer employees than the Knife blades manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.9 3.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332215 · MA · Sturbridge

52 Knife blades manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 29 employers in Sturbridge, 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 U S Blades Sub LLC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AccuTEC Blades, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spyderco, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edge Tech Inc. 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jonathan's Sprouts Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metro Elevator NE, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cafco Construction Management, LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE White Schiavone JV 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Venture Community Services 652 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office 495 FTE
CITY-NEAR Old Sturbridge, Inc 218 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2797 170 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4725 Burien, WA 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampden-Sydney AHQ 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Rossi Construction, Inc 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bashas 052 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eklunds Southlake Texas 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE CS USA Renaissance Charter Schools 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scout Technology, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE L&S Electric, Inc. Sturtevant 36 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.