Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts
Franklin
Franklin, MA · ~152 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Franklin runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.
Franklin: 0.9 TCR = 42% of Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Franklin safety composite
Franklin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
71/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 94% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Franklin: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2024
Franklin's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423510 · Franklin, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 42% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #2/15
- PHOTO CTI Distribution
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~152 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CTI Distribution (0.0 TCR gap)
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Franklin in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Franklin
0.9 TCR
- CTI Distributi
CTI Distribution
0.9 TCR
- Location #1
Location #1
0.9 TCR
- Metals USA Mob
Metals USA Mobile Alabama
0.9 TCR
- VSMPO-Tirus, U
VSMPO-Tirus, US
0.9 TCR
What this shows Franklin averages 0.9 TCR (42% of the Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Franklin TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=3 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=0.3 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 2.2
Where Franklin falls in its industry
1,299 Metal products (e.g., bars, in establishmentsSafer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 15 Metal products (e.g., bars, in employers in Massachusetts.
Franklin has more employees than the Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plat median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423510 · MA · Franklin
1,299 Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 85 employers in Franklin, 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 | CTI Distribution | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Location #1 | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Metals USA Mobile Alabama | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | VSMPO-Tirus, US | 0.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Barletta Contracting Services | 152 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hyde Park | 152 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kirkwood Printing Company LLC | 152 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Berry Global, Easthampton MA | 152 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Taunton | 1,691 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Franklin 55 | 675 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Franklin 50 | 670 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Horace Mann Educational Associates | 633 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 3498 - BELFOR Franchise Group MI | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Contravest Builders | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | York, PA - Cross Farm Lane | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 30160 Bek Fort Worth | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Autumn Care of Drexel | 152 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Longview Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 152 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cityview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 152 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Alamo Heights | 152 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.