Hydroelectric power generation · Massachusetts

FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC

Northfield, MA · ~58 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hydroelectric power generation workplace, earning a grade D.

FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC: 2.2 TCR = 185% of Hydroelectric power generation BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC safety composite

FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC: 0.0 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2018

FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC's TCR rose 4.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221111 · Northfield, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 185% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO AMEREN MISSOURI - Ke…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMEREN MISSOURI - Keokuk Energy Ctr Gen and Bud (0.1 TCR gap)

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FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC averages 2.2 TCR (185% of the Hydroelectric power generation BLS benchmark).

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

FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=4 · BLS 1.2

Where FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC falls in its industry

129 Hydroelectric power generation establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Hydroelectric power generation employers in Massachusetts.

FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC (58 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC
FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC (58 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.3

FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC has more employees than the Hydroelectric power generation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 4.0 2.0 1 1 0
2017 2.7 0.0 0 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221111 · MA · Northfield

129 Hydroelectric power generation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 3 employers in Northfield, 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 AMEREN MISSOURI - Keokuk Energy Ctr Gen and Bud 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PSE, SNQ - Snoqualmie Conference Center 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RG&E Canandaigua 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Office 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Liberty Utilities Charles Street 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Somerville Gas 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkins 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE CEF MA 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northfield Mountain 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sisson Engineering Corp 33 FTE
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #633 (Park Falls, WI) 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Myersville04 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Miller-Clapperton 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Newton HKY 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mid-West Mfg. LLC, Chicago Heights Plant 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tax - Greensboro 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeland Logistics 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Village at Heritage Point 58 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.