Homes for the elderly with nursing care · Massachusetts

Houghton Corporation

Worcester, MA · ~51 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houghton Corporation runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Homes for the elderly with nursing care workplace, earning a grade A.

Houghton Corporation: 0.7 TCR = 11% of Homes for the elderly with nursing care BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houghton Corporation safety composite

Houghton Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

84/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.2

2022→2024

Houghton Corporation injury rate improved

Houghton Corporation's TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623110 · Worcester, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 11% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/423
  • PHOTO Bria of Columbia
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bria of Columbia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Houghton Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houghton Corporation averages 0.7 TCR (11% of the Homes for the elderly with nursing care BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Houghton Corporation TCR series: 2022=2.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 6.5

Where Houghton Corporation falls in its industry

15,252 Homes for the elderly with nur establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 423 Homes for the elderly with nur employers in Massachusetts.

Houghton Corporation (51 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Houghton Corporation
Houghton Corporation (51 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6

Houghton Corporation has fewer employees than the Homes for the elderly with nursing care median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623110 · MA · Worcester

15,252 Homes for the elderly with nursing care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 248 employers in Worcester, 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 Bria of Columbia 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Premier of Alice SNF 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Good Samaritan Rehabilitation Center 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heritage Health - Minonk 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Great Day Boston 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE TPI Composites MA 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Littleton Lumber and Building Center 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE 500437400 WHEATON COLLEGE RETAIL EMERSON HOOD DAV 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR UMass Memorial Health 12,452 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-813 2,492 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Vincent hospital 1,965 FTE
CITY-NEAR NBC Distributors Inc 1,276 FTE
NAT-TCR Supply Chain Hooksett NH 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dynamic Packaging Solutions, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Spartan Directional, LLC 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Farmhouse 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Quick6 Delivery 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commercial Asphalt 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Services OWS Dallas 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Engineering Victorville CA 51 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, 2022. 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.