Distribution of natural gas · Massachusetts

Eversource - Somerville Gas

Somerville, MA · ~58 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Eversource - Somerville Gas runs at 863% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Eversource - Somerville Gas: 10.4 TCR = 863% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Eversource - Somerville Gas safety composite

Eversource - Somerville Gas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−6.7

2016→2018

Eversource - Somerville Gas injury rate improved

Eversource - Somerville Gas's TCR fell 6.7 from 11.9 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.9 · 2017=14.0 · 2018=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Somerville, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 863% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #41/42
  • PHOTO Downey Base - Bld: 0…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Downey Base - Bld: 0360 - 15 (0.2 TCR gap)

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Eversource - Somerville Gas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Eversource - Somerville Gas averages 10.4 TCR (863% 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 - Somerville Gas TCR series: 2016=11.9 · 2017=14 · 2018=5.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Eversource - Somerville Gas falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 2% 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 #41 safest of 42 Distribution of natural gas employers in Massachusetts.

Eversource - Somerville Gas (58 employees, TCR 10.4) 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 - Somerville Gas
Eversource - Somerville Gas (58 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Eversource - Somerville 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 5.2 3.5 3 0 0
2017 14.0 12.3 8 0 0
2016 11.9 10.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · MA · Somerville

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 67 employers in Somerville, 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 Downey Base - Bld: 0360 - 15 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vectren Corporation - Centerville 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Fuel Distribution Sharon Servicenter 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Niagara Falls SC 10.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Utilities Charles Street 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkins 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE CEF MA 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mass General Brigham Inc 7,655 FTE
CITY-NEAR Partners Community Physicians Organization 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cataldo Somerville 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR AllWays Health Partners 486 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #182 OWENSBORO, KY 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston (W95) 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR T.G. Lee - Orlando - Bumby - DTI 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Crowne Plaza Miami Airport 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus/Mount Carmel 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE DBi Miami 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leesville Auto 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Uge Mke 58 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.

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