Machine shops · Massachusetts

F.H. Peterson Machine Corp.

Stoughton, MA · ~54 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. runs at 302% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade F.

F.H. Peterson Machine Corp.: 10.0 TCR = 302% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. safety composite

F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−4.2

2017→2024

F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. injury rate improved

F.H. Peterson Machine Corp.'s TCR fell 4.2 from 8.3 in 2017 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.3 · 2018=14.9 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=12.7 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=18.0 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Stoughton, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 302% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #53/54
  • PHOTO H.W. Nicholson Weldi…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: H.W. Nicholson Welding & Mfg. Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. averages 10.0 TCR (302% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. TCR series: 2017=8.3 · 2018=14.9 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=12.7 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=18 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 54 Machine shops employers in Massachusetts.

F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. (54 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate F.H. Peterson Machine Corp.
F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. (54 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

F.H. Peterson Machine Corp. has more employees than the Machine shops 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 4.1 2.0 2 0 0
2023 11.8 7.9 6 0 0
2022 18.0 4.0 9 0 0
2021 4.1 2.1 2 0 0
2020 12.7 6.3 6 0 0
2019 5.9 2.0 3 0 0
2018 14.9 7.4 8 0 0
2017 8.3 8.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MA · Stoughton

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 65 employers in Stoughton, 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 H.W. Nicholson Welding & Mfg. Inc. 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hydrojet Services, Inc. 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jewell Hudgens Inc 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vickers Engineering 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Pittsfield 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 130 West Street Waltham-MAAG 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keith Construction Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Truss Engineering Corporation 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : BOS5 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BOS5 1,076 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rentals Unlimited 743 FTE
CITY-NEAR New England Sinai Hospital 433 FTE
NAT-TCR Utilities 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR S03951 - WI Franklin 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pittsburgh Plant 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Palm Garden of Gainesville, LLC 10.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 019/University of the Cumberlands 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cullum Construction Co. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Perfect Shutters, Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus West 54 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.