Railway construction (e.g., interlocker, roadbed, signal, track) · Massachusetts
Hitachi Rail (Boston)
Newton, MA · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hitachi Rail (Boston) runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Railway construction (e.g., interlocker, roadbed, signal, track) workplace, earning a grade A.
Hitachi Rail (Boston): 1.2 TCR = 44% of Railway construction (e.g., interlocker, roadbed, signal, track) BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hitachi Rail (Boston) safety composite
Hitachi Rail (Boston) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
61/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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%).
Hitachi Rail (Boston) held a steady TCR band
Hitachi Rail (Boston)'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237990 · Newton, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 44% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #7/18
- PHOTO Pinto
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~27 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pinto (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hitachi Rail (Boston) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hitachi Rail (Boston)
1.2 TCR
- Pinto
Pinto
1.2 TCR
- Lynnhaven Mari
Lynnhaven Marine and Dock, Inc.
1.2 TCR
- Herzog Technol
Herzog Technologies, Inc. - SunRail
1.2 TCR
- C.J. Mahan Con
C.J. Mahan Construction Company, LLC
1.2 TCR
What this shows Hitachi Rail (Boston) averages 1.2 TCR (44% of the Railway construction (e.g., interlocker, roadbed, signal, track) BLS benchmark).
Hitachi Rail (Boston) TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8
Where Hitachi Rail (Boston) falls in its industry
932 Railway construction (e.g., in establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 18 Railway construction (e.g., in employers in Massachusetts.
Hitachi Rail (Boston) has fewer employees than the Railway construction (e.g., interlocker, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237990 · MA · Newton
932 Railway construction (e.g., interlocker, roadbed, signal, track) 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 | Pinto | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lynnhaven Marine and Dock, Inc. | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Herzog Technologies, Inc. - SunRail | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C.J. Mahan Construction Company, LLC | 1.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | High Profile - Dorchester | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NAES Salem Harbor Station | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NORTH ANDOVER-METHUEN-MA30 | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TEWKSBURY-MA47 | 27 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 | Musick Construction | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LWF Services LLC | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Motion Systems : Corona | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Esplanade Builders / True Line Railing | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Zero Waste Energy Development Company (ZWEDC) | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DKM Steel Construction Corp. | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pittsburgh Precision Turned Products | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Regele Builders, Inc. | 27 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.