Trombones and parts manufacturing · Massachusetts

Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC

Holliston, MA · ~34 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC runs at 454% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trombones and parts manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC: 15.0 TCR = 454% of Trombones and parts manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC safety composite

Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−9.1

2020→2024

Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC injury rate improved

Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC's TCR fell 9.1 from 12.3 in 2020 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 24.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=12.3 · 2021=19.9 · 2022=24.1 · 2023=15.4 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339992 · Holliston, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.0 · 454% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Yamaha Guitar Group,…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc (2.4 TCR gap)

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Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC averages 15.0 TCR (454% of the Trombones and parts manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC TCR series: 2020=12.3 · 2021=19.9 · 2022=24.1 · 2023=15.4 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC falls in its industry

41 Trombones and parts manufactur establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Trombones and parts manufactur employers in Massachusetts.

Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC (34 employees, TCR 15.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC
Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC (34 employees, TCR 15.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC has fewer employees than the Trombones and parts manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2023 15.4 9.3 5 0 0
2022 24.1 16.1 6 0 0
2021 19.9 8.0 5 0 0
2020 12.3 8.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339992 · MA · Holliston

41 Trombones and parts manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 24 employers in Holliston, 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 Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vic Firth / Avedis Zildjian Company 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. 18.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vic Firth Company 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE OPERATIONS CENTER - LOWELL DIV-MA40 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commonwealth Building Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4675_10941 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fred Salvucci Corporation 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR New England (10) 983 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wayne J. Griffin Electric Inc. - Holliston 907 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rodenhiser Home Services 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holliston MFG (GTS, HTSG) 166 FTE
NAT-TCR TX-MUS-TEXAS 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ABF Freight 185 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Country Hills 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ridgeview Health Services 15.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grand Forks Store 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kunia, HI - Upper Kunia 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomas Simpson Construction Co., INC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sabert Corporation 1401 Warehouse 34 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.