Herbal supplements manufacturing · Massachusetts

Fernway MA

Northampton, MA · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fernway MA runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Herbal supplements manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Fernway MA: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Herbal supplements manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fernway MA safety composite

Fernway MA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

Fernway MA: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2024

Fernway MA's TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2023 to 3.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325411 · Northampton, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO DreamFields Michigan…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DreamFields Michigan, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fernway MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fernway MA averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Herbal supplements manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Fernway MA TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Fernway MA falls in its industry

260 Herbal supplements manufacturi establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Herbal supplements manufacturi employers in Massachusetts.

Fernway MA (39 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Fernway MA
Fernway MA (39 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Fernway MA has fewer employees than the Herbal supplements manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325411 · MA · Northampton

260 Herbal supplements manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 40 employers in Northampton, 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 DreamFields Michigan, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Building 1A 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6286_15357 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maple Mountain Group Inc (Modere) 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kendall Green Energy, LLC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Wrentham 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHRG BOS- RIO 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE WES Construction Corp. 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR COOLEY DICKINSON HOSPITAL 1,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cooley Dickinson Practice Assoc. 483 FTE
CITY-NEAR COOLEY DICKINSON PRACTICE ASSOCIATES 474 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coca-Cola Northampton 328 FTE
NAT-TCR Huhtamaki, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lynchburg Plant 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Spectrum Metal Recycling 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kureha PGA LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Applied Physical Metrology Akron 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carriage Inn Huntsville 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shawnee Specialties INC 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yates Engineering Services LLC 39 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: 2024, 2023. 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.