Coffee roasting · Massachusetts

Equal Exchange, Inc.

West Bridgewater, MA · ~92 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Equal Exchange, Inc. runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Coffee roasting workplace, earning a grade B.

Equal Exchange, Inc.: 2.4 TCR = 58% of Coffee roasting BLS 4.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Equal Exchange, Inc. safety composite

Equal Exchange, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−1.7

2020→2024

Equal Exchange, Inc. injury rate improved

Equal Exchange, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.7 from 3.5 in 2020 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.5 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311920 · West Bridgewater, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 58% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #2/6
  • PHOTO JMS Foodservice LLC …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JMS Foodservice LLC - Harahan (0.0 TCR gap)

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Equal Exchange, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Equal Exchange, Inc. averages 2.4 TCR (58% of the Coffee roasting BLS benchmark).

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

Equal Exchange, Inc. TCR series: 2020=3.5 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 4.1

Where Equal Exchange, Inc. falls in its industry

169 Coffee roasting establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Coffee roasting employers in Massachusetts.

Equal Exchange, Inc. (92 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Equal Exchange, Inc.
Equal Exchange, Inc. (92 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Equal Exchange, Inc. has more employees than the Coffee roasting median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2023 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2020 3.5 1.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311920 · MA · West Bridgewater

169 Coffee roasting employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 31 employers in West Bridgewater, 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 JMS Foodservice LLC - Harahan 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Starbucks Company York Roasting Plant 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 042-PL001 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR East West Tea Company 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE NAPP Westminster 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE AR Metallizing, LTD 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dodge Billerica 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter NEXT Generation 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centerline Communications 518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #70 407 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Care Center of West Bridgewater 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schumacher Companies 255 FTE
NAT-TCR Focused Care at Gilmer 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt (Target Container) Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SEA-ITP 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond Roofing Systems, LLP 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Auto Transport Group, LC 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Los Angeles Station 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comau Dearborn 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kik Va LLC 92 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, 2020. 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.