Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis · Massachusetts

H.C.Starck Solutions

Newton, MA · ~165 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

H.C.Starck Solutions runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis workplace, earning a grade C.

H.C.Starck Solutions: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

H.C.Starck Solutions safety composite

H.C.Starck Solutions scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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)
D 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

H.C.Starck Solutions: 2.3 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2020

H.C.Starck Solutions's TCR rose 0.7 from 2.3 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332117 · Newton, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK P52
  • PHOTO DSB Technologies LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~165 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DSB Technologies LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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H.C.Starck Solutions in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows H.C.Starck Solutions averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis BLS benchmark).

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

H.C.Starck Solutions TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=3 · BLS 3.3

Where H.C.Starck Solutions falls in its industry

151 Powder metallurgy products man establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
H.C.Starck Solutions (165 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate H.C.Starck Solutions
H.C.Starck Solutions (165 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.9

H.C.Starck Solutions has more employees than the Powder metallurgy products manufactured median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2020 3.0 1.8 5 0 0
2019 3.6 2.4 4 2 0
2018 2.8 2.1 4 0 0
2017 2.2 1.7 4 0 0
2016 2.3 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332117 · MA · Newton

151 Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 44 employers in Newton, 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 DSB Technologies LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sandvik Coromant - Spanish Fork 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MPP - Rockwood 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Powder Products - Ford Rd 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Capital Carpet & Flooring Specialists, Inc. 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Weetabix Company Inc. 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE NSD Seafood Inc, dba Atlantic Fish & Seafood 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hoff's Kitchen Company Inc. DBA: Hoff's Bakery 165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newton Wellesley Hospital 3,740 FTE
CITY-NEAR MGB Home Care (formerly known as Partners Healthcare at Home) 862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Newton 573 FTE
CITY-NEAR The RMR Group LLC 490 FTE
NAT-TCR The Ashford on Broad 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vulcan Information Packaging 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rcp West End Co-Op Building 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Flagg, Inc Fairfield 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Comanche Station 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dj Jacobetti Hm for Vets -Dmva 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Carmel Valley 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ctr Family Medicine/Car Cardio 165 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.