Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing · New Hampshire

Gates Mectrol Salem

Salem, NH · ~68 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gates Mectrol Salem runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Gates Mectrol Salem: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gates Mectrol Salem safety composite

Gates Mectrol Salem scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Gates Mectrol Salem: 3.2 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2021

Gates Mectrol Salem's TCR rose 0.8 from 3.2 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326220 · Salem, NH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK P57
  • PHOTO Trelleborg Sealing S…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions - Northborough (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gates Mectrol Salem in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gates Mectrol Salem averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Gates Mectrol Salem TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Gates Mectrol Salem falls in its industry

160 Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyo establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Gates Mectrol Salem (68 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gates Mectrol Salem
Gates Mectrol Salem (68 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Gates Mectrol Salem has fewer employees than the Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevato median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021 4.0 2.7 3 0 0
2020 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2019 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2018 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2017 4.6 3.1 3 0 0
2016 3.2 1.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326220 · NH · Salem

160 Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,718 rated employers in New Hampshire with headcount on file · 100 employers in Salem, NH · 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 Trelleborg Sealing Solutions - Northborough 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay Advanced Technologies 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fluid Routing Solutions Ocala 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRELLEBORG SEALING SOLUTIONS 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brentwood 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builders Installed Products New Hampshire 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE QUIKRETE - BOS 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sparton Technology Corp Hudson NH 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network 700 FTE
CITY-NEAR SODEXO AT CANOBIE LAKE PARK-FAST FOOD 531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #6 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #06 434 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Liberty University-Bldg C 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Camden Division 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Custom Building Products MIAC 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR I9-Patchogue Showroom 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE DFW Movers Fort Worth 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE MBK - The Commons at Union Ranch 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Village at Westerville Retirement Center 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lambertville 68 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.