Distribution of natural gas · Massachusetts

Eversource - Southborough Gas

Southborough, MA · ~143 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Eversource - Southborough Gas runs at 395% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Eversource - Southborough Gas: 4.7 TCR = 395% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Eversource - Southborough Gas safety composite

Eversource - Southborough Gas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−0.8

2016→2018

Eversource - Southborough Gas injury rate improved

Eversource - Southborough Gas's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.5 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Southborough, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 395% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #33/42
  • PHOTO CenterPoint Energy -…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CenterPoint Energy - Beaumont (0.0 TCR gap)

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Eversource - Southborough Gas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Eversource - Southborough Gas averages 4.7 TCR (395% 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 - Southborough Gas TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=2.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Eversource - Southborough Gas falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 22% 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 #33 safest of 42 Distribution of natural gas employers in Massachusetts.

Eversource - Southborough Gas (143 employees, TCR 4.7) 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 - Southborough Gas
Eversource - Southborough Gas (143 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Eversource - Southborough 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 2.7 2.7 5 0 0
2017 8.1 5.0 7 1 0
2016 3.5 2.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · MA · Southborough

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 16 employers in Southborough, 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 CenterPoint Energy - Beaumont 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NG Yorkville Reporting Center 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlanta Service Center 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NU-ME 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Construction 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE NIC+ZOE 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHICOPEE 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dennis K. Burke, Inc. 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR The New England Center for Children, INC 1,152 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arbor Associates - Main Office 493 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eversource - Southboro Electric 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gyrus ACMI, Inc. d/b/a Olympus Surgical Technologies America 278 FTE
NAT-TCR Tops Products 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Morgan Truck Body LLC MTX 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Clarke County Hospital 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Plymouth 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE San Antonio Personal Touch Home Aides 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE QPSI Macungie 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE C/P Alaska Ocean 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bombardier Transportation - Baltimore - MARC 143 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.