Distribution of natural gas · Massachusetts

Eversource - New Bedford Gas

New Bedford, MA · ~71 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Eversource - New Bedford Gas runs at 465% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Eversource - New Bedford Gas: 5.6 TCR = 465% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Eversource - New Bedford Gas safety composite

Eversource - New Bedford Gas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−9.7

2016→2018

Eversource - New Bedford Gas injury rate improved

Eversource - New Bedford Gas's TCR fell 9.7 from 11.1 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.1 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · New Bedford, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.6 · 465% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #37/42
  • PHOTO Alb Electric Service…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alb Electric Service Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Eversource - New Bedford Gas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Eversource - New Bedford Gas averages 5.6 TCR (465% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Eversource - New Bedford Gas TCR series: 2016=11.1 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=1.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Eversource - New Bedford Gas falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 42 Distribution of natural gas employers in Massachusetts.

Eversource - New Bedford Gas (71 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 Eversource - New Bedford Gas
Eversource - New Bedford Gas (71 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Eversource - New Bedford Gas has more employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2018 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2017 4.2 2.8 3 0 0
2016 11.1 8.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · MA · New Bedford

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 109 employers in New Bedford, 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 Alb Electric Service Center 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Entergy Louisiana LLC New Orleans Gas Distribution Business 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SANTA ANA BASE - 15 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAZ-Pinnacle Peak Operations 0042-FAC52 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE OW NA 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE J&J CONTRACTORS, INC. 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fred DeRoma & Son, Inc 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE John W. Egan Co., Inc. 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital 2,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR High Point & Affiliated Organizations 1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR JAMCO 690 FTE
CITY-NEAR LifeStream 644 FTE
NAT-TCR Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus/Mount Carmel 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Imperial Dade Orlando 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Winston Salem Building (Ncwin) 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Industrial Solutions : IS - SC - Philadelphia, PA, USA 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Burdett Care Center 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hulls Environmental Services, Inc. 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jerry Brown's Auto Parts 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE UG2 - 218 - Destiny USA 71 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.