Shellfish hatcheries · Maine

Downeast Institute

Beals, ME · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Downeast Institute runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Shellfish hatcheries workplace, earning a grade C.

Downeast Institute: 4.7 TCR = 104% of Shellfish hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Downeast Institute safety composite

Downeast Institute scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 55%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

Fatalities
C 0

Safer than 55% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Downeast Institute: 0.0 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Downeast Institute's TCR rose 9.3 from 0.0 in 2023 to 9.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112512 · Beals, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.7 · 104% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P70
  • PHOTO Kowa Premium Foods H…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kowa Premium Foods Hawaii Corporation (0.8 TCR gap)

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Downeast Institute in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Downeast Institute averages 4.7 TCR (104% of the Shellfish hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Downeast Institute TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=9.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Downeast Institute falls in its industry

10 Shellfish hatcheries establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 9.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112512 · ME · Beals

10 Shellfish hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 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 Kowa Premium Foods Hawaii Corporation 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quilcene 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The tru Shrimp Company 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rock Point Oyster Co 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE CMP - Belfast Service Building 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE CMP - Skowhegan Service Building 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dover Service Building 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Douston Construction 22 FTE
NAT-TCR Syracuse 10196 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Denton 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lbr Lgv 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ABF Freight 086 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gerretsen Building Supply 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE McGriff Tire Company 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE HDS Scotts 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oaks at Evans 22 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.