Glues (except dental) manufacturing · Massachusetts

Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility

Newburyport, MA · ~55 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Glues (except dental) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility: 5.9 TCR = 178% of Glues (except dental) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility safety composite

Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−8.9

2021→2023

Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility injury rate improved

Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility's TCR fell 8.9 from 10.7 in 2021 to 1.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.7 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Newburyport, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 178% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #13/13
  • PHOTO HB Fuller
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HB Fuller (0.0 TCR gap)

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Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility averages 5.9 TCR (178% of the Glues (except dental) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility TCR series: 2021=10.7 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility falls in its industry

287 Glues (except dental) manufact establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 13 Glues (except dental) manufact employers in Massachusetts.

Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility (55 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility
Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility (55 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility has fewer employees than the Glues (except dental) manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2023 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2022 5.2 3.5 3 0 0
2021 10.7 10.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · MA · Newburyport

287 Glues (except dental) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 59 employers in Newburyport, 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 HB Fuller 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olympic Adhesives, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Volunteer Pastilles, LLC Lake Charles Plant 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORP 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hollistion, MA 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE COLANTONIO INC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty West Construction Services, LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boston - #42 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anna Jaques Hospital 946 FTE
CITY-NEAR BETH ISREAL DEACONESS HOSPITAL ANNA JAQUES 491 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester Electronics LLC 470 FTE
CITY-NEAR Turning Point, Inc. 334 FTE
NAT-TCR FandS transportation MD, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Yankee Corporation 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR St Louis Mo (One Union 70) 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #1614 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE ORLANDO, FL (Supply Services) 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rxr Ny Pm November LLC 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nye Pointe 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nye Square 55 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.