Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing · Massachusetts
Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant
Northborough, MA · ~45 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant: 6.8 TCR = 205% of Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant safety composite
Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 25.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant: 4.3 → 25.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 25.8 TCR · DART/TCR 3.82× in 2024
Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant's TCR rose 21.6 from 4.3 in 2016 to 25.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339950 · Northborough, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 205% of ind
- DART 25.8 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO George P Johnson Smy…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~45 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: George P Johnson Smyrna (0.0 TCR gap)
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Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant
6.8 TCR
- George P Johns
George P Johnson Smyrna
6.8 TCR
- Hutch
Hutch
6.8 TCR
- Sportable Scor
Sportable Scoreboards, Inc.
6.8 TCR
- YESCO LLC - Sa
YESCO LLC - Sacramento, CA Establishment
6.8 TCR
What this shows Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant averages 6.8 TCR (205% of the Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=2 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=25.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant falls in its industry
405 Signs and signboards (except p establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Signs and signboards (except p employers in Massachusetts.
Expansion Opportunities Northboro Physical Plant has fewer employees than the Signs and signboards (except paper, pape median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339950 · MA · Northborough
405 Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 42 employers in Northborough, 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 | George P Johnson Smyrna | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hutch | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sportable Scoreboards, Inc. | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | YESCO LLC - Sacramento, CA Establishment | 6.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Resinate, Inc. - Douglas | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Canal Generating LLC | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NORTHAMPTON-MA32 | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WILMINGTON-MA57 | 45 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NORTHBORO-MA33 | 983 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5015 | 551 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wegmans Northborough 058 | 524 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - OWD5 | 391 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Structured Foundation Repairs Holdings, Inc. | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 210 | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vistar Rocky Mountain - 1003 | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clark Electric | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Loading Central -Est | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Madeira USA New Hampshire | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fischer Foods of New York, Inc. | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aspen Interiors, Inc. | 45 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.