Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing · Massachusetts
Gillette Company South Boston Plant
South Boston, MA · ~1,256 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gillette Company South Boston Plant runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Gillette Company South Boston Plant: 0.8 TCR = 23% of Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gillette Company South Boston Plant safety composite
Gillette Company South Boston Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
73/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 92% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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%).
Gillette Company South Boston Plant held a steady TCR band
Gillette Company South Boston Plant's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.3 in 2019 to 0.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=0.3 · 2020=0.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332215 · South Boston, MA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 23% of ind
- DART 0.1 DART
- RANK #2/6
- PHOTO Schick Manufacturing…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~1,256 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Schick Manufacturing Inc. - Knoxville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gillette Company South Boston Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Edgewell Perso
Edgewell Personal care
1.1 TCR
- This site
Gillette Company South Boston Plant
0.8 TCR
- Schick Manufac
Schick Manufacturing Inc. - Knoxville
0.8 TCR
- International
International Diamond Services, Inc.
0.7 TCR
- The Gillette C 0.2
The Gillette Company LLC
0.2 TCR
What this shows Gillette Company South Boston Plant averages 0.8 TCR (23% of the Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Gillette Company South Boston Plant TCR series: 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Gillette Company South Boston Plant falls in its industry
52 Blades, knife and razor, manuf establishmentsSafer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Blades, knife and razor, manuf employers in Massachusetts.
Gillette Company South Boston Plant has more employees than the Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332215 · MA · South Boston
52 Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 22 employers in South Boston, 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 | Schick Manufacturing Inc. - Knoxville | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Diamond Services, Inc. | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Edgewell Personal care | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Gillette Company LLC | 0.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | HMAPF01 | 1,263 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Instrumentation Laboratory | 1,248 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | High Point & Affiliated Organizations | 1,264 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMZL : DBO3 | 1,237 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | McCourt Construction Company | 248 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 426 E. 1St St. | 223 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MA - South Boston, 426 E 1st St | 155 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Marr Scaffolding Company | 123 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Huntsman East Lansing Site | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JH Kelly, LLC. | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DynaTen Maintenance Services | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Acadia Power Station | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Joliet Junior College | 1,256 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Maples Industries | 1,256 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lawson Products-Corporate | 1,256 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gaapr - Ups Supply Chain Solutions | 1,256 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.