Architectural block, concrete (e.g., fluted, ground face, screen, slump, split), manufacturing · Massachusetts
Ideal Concrete Block-Westford
Westford, MA · ~58 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ideal Concrete Block-Westford runs at 500% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Architectural block, concrete (e.g., fluted, ground face, screen, slump, split), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Ideal Concrete Block-Westford: 16.5 TCR = 500% of Architectural block, concrete (e.g., fluted, ground face, screen, slump, split), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ideal Concrete Block-Westford safety composite
Ideal Concrete Block-Westford scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).
14/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Ideal Concrete Block-Westford: 9.6 → 29.6 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 50.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2021
Ideal Concrete Block-Westford's TCR rose 20.0 from 9.6 in 2017 to 29.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 50.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327331 · Westford, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 16.5 · 500% of ind
- DART 12.4 DART
- RANK #6/6
- PHOTO New Holland Block Pl…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~58 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: New Holland Block Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ideal Concrete Block-Westford in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Minnick Concre
Minnick Concrete Service
18.1 TCR
- King's Eldridg
King's Eldridge
17.6 TCR
- Lakewood Plant
Lakewood Plant
17.5 TCR
- This site
Ideal Concrete Block-Westford
16.5 TCR
- New Holland Bl
New Holland Block Plant
16.4 TCR
What this shows Ideal Concrete Block-Westford averages 16.5 TCR (500% of the Architectural block, concrete (e.g., fluted, ground face, screen, slump, split), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Ideal Concrete Block-Westford TCR series: 2017=9.6 · 2018=10.3 · 2019=16.6 · 2020=50.6 · 2021=29.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Ideal Concrete Block-Westford falls in its industry
321 Architectural block, concrete establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Architectural block, concrete employers in Massachusetts.
Ideal Concrete Block-Westford has more employees than the Architectural block, concrete (e.g., flu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 | 29.6 | 12.4 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| 2020 | 50.6 | 21.7 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16.6 | 6.6 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.3 | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327331 · MA · Westford
321 Architectural block, concrete (e.g., fluted, ground face, screen, slump, split), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 32 employers in Westford, 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 | New Holland Block Plant | 16.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lakewood Plant | 17.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | King's Eldridge | 17.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Minnick Concrete Service | 18.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Liberty Utilities Charles Street | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eversource - Somerville Gas | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Elkins | 58 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UTC Aerospace Systems (Westford MA) | 690 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UTC Aerospace Systems | 627 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Netscout | 583 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Goodrich Corporation (Westford MA) | 508 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hospital Hima San Pablo.Caguas | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 259700-Walled Lake Po | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 479508-Mem-Desoto/Front St Carr Annex | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LP Calhoun, LLC | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SOLS | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kemira Chemicals - Marietta Plant | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Scepter, Inc. - Seneca Falls Operations | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Poe Asphalt Paving, Inc. - Post Falls | 58 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.