Commercial flexographic printing (except books) · Massachusetts

Garlock Flexibles Converting

Name: Garlock Flexibles Converting Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Gardner, MA · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Garlock Flexibles Converting runs at 193% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commercial flexographic printing (except books) workplace, earning a grade D.

Garlock Flexibles Converting: 6.4 TCR = 193% of Commercial flexographic printing (except books) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Garlock Flexibles Converting safety composite

Garlock Flexibles Converting scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−12.8

2023→2024

Garlock Flexibles Converting injury rate improved

Garlock Flexibles Converting's TCR fell 12.8 from 12.8 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=12.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Gardner, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 193% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #32/40
PHOTO 4093_7809
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4093_7809 (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.4
4093_7809

6.4
SOUTHWEST OFFS

6.4
GLS Companies

6.4
OH - Cincinnat

6.4

What this shows Garlock Flexibles Converting averages 6.4 TCR (193% of the Commercial flexographic printing (except books) BLS benchmark).

Garlock Flexibles Converting TCR series: 2023=12.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Garlock Flexibles Converting falls in its industry

2,001 Commercial flexographic printi establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 40 Commercial flexographic printi employers in Massachusetts.

Garlock Flexibles Converting (39 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Garlock Flexibles Converting has fewer employees than the Commercial flexographic printing (except median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	12.8	6.4	3	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · MA · Gardner

2,001 Commercial flexographic printing (except books) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 37 employers in Gardner, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	4093_7809	BATTLE CREEK, MI	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SOUTHWEST OFFSET PRINTING	GARDENA, CA	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GLS Companies - St Paul	ST PAUL, MN	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OH - Cincinnati	FAIRFIELD, OH	6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kendall Green Energy, LLC	CAMBRIDGE	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Eversource - Wrentham	WRENTHAM	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PHRG BOS- RIO	MARLBOROUGH	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WES Construction Corp.	HALIFAX	39 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Heywood Hospital	Gardner	1,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2155	Gardner	297 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2155	Gardner	258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GVNA HealthCare Inc	Gardner	167 FTE
NAT-TCR	Loews Royal Pacific Resort	Orlando, FL	6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Petro MD - Baltimore	Baltimore, MD	6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Giant Food Stores 6472	Harleysville, PA	6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	KTH Leesburg Products LLC	Leesburg, AL	6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Five Star Residences of Lafayette	Lafayette, IN	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hutchinson,KS	Hutchinson, KS	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ABF Freight 069	Louisville, KY	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Agri Supply of Garner	Garner, NC	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.