Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing · Massachusetts

IBS of Greater Boston

Milford, MA · ~47 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IBS of Greater Boston runs at 324% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

IBS of Greater Boston: 10.7 TCR = 324% of Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IBS of Greater Boston safety composite

IBS of Greater Boston scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

IBS of Greater Boston: 3.7 → 8.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 22.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2021

IBS of Greater Boston's TCR rose 4.3 from 3.7 in 2017 to 8.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 22.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335911 · Milford, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 324% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Bulldog Battery South
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bulldog Battery South (0.4 TCR gap)

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IBS of Greater Boston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IBS of Greater Boston averages 10.7 TCR (324% of the Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

IBS of Greater Boston TCR series: 2017=3.7 · 2018=22.4 · 2019=8.7 · 2021=8 · BLS 3.3

Where IBS of Greater Boston falls in its industry

161 Lead acid storage batteries ma establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Lead acid storage batteries ma employers in Massachusetts.

IBS of Greater Boston (47 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate IBS of Greater Boston
IBS of Greater Boston (47 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1

IBS of Greater Boston has fewer employees than the Lead acid storage batteries manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 8.0 8.0 4 0 0
2019 8.7 8.7 4 0 0
2018 22.4 14.9 1 2 0
2017 3.7 3.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335911 · MA · Milford

161 Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 71 employers in Milford, 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 Bulldog Battery South 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Interspace Battery GA Corporation 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR NorthStar Battery Plant 1 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR EnerSys Tubing Plant 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rockwell Roofing, Inc 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics Cooperative, Inc 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE MONSON-MA23 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE 855-NiSource-Westborough MA 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waters- Milford 2,393 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waters Corporation Milford, MA and Field 2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRMC 1,824 FTE
CITY-NEAR Consigli Construction Company, Inc. 1,686 FTE
NAT-TCR Aspen Grove Assisted Living 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sollers Central Office 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Petra Industries, LLC 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hudson Care and Rehab Center 10.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jacksonville, FL (WC USX JAC) 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greyhound Lines, Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maudlin Drywall, Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bastrop Nursing Center 47 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.