FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING · Massachusetts

Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma

Franklin, MA · ~279 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING workplace, earning a grade C.

Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma: 3.5 TCR = 108% of FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma safety composite

Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−3.2

2020→2024

Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma injury rate improved

Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma's TCR fell 3.2 from 5.5 in 2020 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.5 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Franklin, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 108% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Hudson Valley Fresh …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~279 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hudson Valley Fresh Dairy, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma averages 3.5 TCR (108% of the FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING BLS benchmark).

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

Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma TCR series: 2020=5.5 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma falls in its industry

457 FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING employers in Massachusetts.

Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma (279 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma
Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma (279 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Dfa Fluid - Franklin Ma has more employees than the FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.3 1.5 6 0 0
2023 2.2 1.8 6 0 0
2022 3.4 0.7 10 0 0
2021 4.4 3.1 13 0 0
2020 5.5 4.3 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · MA · Franklin

457 FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 85 employers in Franklin, 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 Hudson Valley Fresh Dairy, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFNC - LeMars 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hiland Dairy Foods-Chandler, Ok 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak Farms Houston - Houston 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ipswich Bay Glass Co., Inc. 278 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nitto Avecia Milford Bldg. 125 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE Market Basket #61 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE PITTSFIELD #140 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taunton 1,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 55 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 50 670 FTE
CITY-NEAR Horace Mann Educational Associates 633 FTE
NAT-TCR R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kerry Rome 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 43 Servidea Drive 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1271 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Manchester - 84 Zions View Road 279 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairway Market of 74th Street 279 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2310 Martins Supermarket 279 FTE
NAT-SIZE MAPEI - Garland 279 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.