Distribution of natural gas · Massachusetts

Eversource - Worcester

Worcester, MA · ~62 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Eversource - Worcester runs at 548% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Eversource - Worcester: 6.6 TCR = 548% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Eversource - Worcester safety composite

Eversource - Worcester scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−5.5

2016→2020

Eversource - Worcester injury rate improved

Eversource - Worcester's TCR fell 5.5 from 9.2 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.2 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 548% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #38/42
  • PHOTO Division Street
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Division Street (0.0 TCR gap)

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Eversource - Worcester in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Eversource - Worcester averages 6.6 TCR (548% 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 - Worcester TCR series: 2016=9.2 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=3.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Eversource - Worcester falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 9% 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 #38 safest of 42 Distribution of natural gas employers in Massachusetts.

Eversource - Worcester (62 employees, TCR 6.6) 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 - Worcester
Eversource - Worcester (62 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Eversource - Worcester 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
2020 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2019 6.7 4.5 6 0 0
2018 5.9 4.7 5 0 0
2017 7.3 5.5 4 0 0
2016 9.2 4.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · MA · Worcester

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 248 employers in Worcester, 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 Division Street 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ST GEORGE 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR OR-Parkrose 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BAKERSFIELD BASE - 15 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Middleborough Gas & Electric Department Electric Division 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE WYMAN ST WALTHAM-MAAL 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Middleborough Gas & Electric Department Gas Division 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keiter Corporation 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR UMass Memorial Health 12,452 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-813 2,492 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Vincent hospital 1,965 FTE
CITY-NEAR NBC Distributors Inc 1,276 FTE
NAT-TCR 083162-Guilford Po 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Custom Ecology, Inc-Baldwin 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Aspen Living Center 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Location 11227 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Powell Electrical Systems Offshore 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE 85 Cascade Wholesale Warehouse 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE DSM Desotech Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE IT Energy Park 62 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: 2020, 2019, 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.