Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Massachusetts

IHM Methuen

Lawrence, MA · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IHM Methuen runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

IHM Methuen: 5.7 TCR = 173% of Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IHM Methuen safety composite

IHM Methuen scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−11.4

2023→2024

IHM Methuen injury rate improved

IHM Methuen's TCR fell 11.4 from 11.4 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=11.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Lawrence, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P42
  • PHOTO Skolnik Industries, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Skolnik Industries, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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IHM Methuen in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IHM Methuen averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

IHM Methuen TCR series: 2023=11.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where IHM Methuen falls in its industry

175 Garbage cans, light gauge meta establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
IHM Methuen (21 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate IHM Methuen
IHM Methuen (21 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

IHM Methuen has fewer employees than the Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 11.4 11.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · MA · Lawrence

175 Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 77 employers in Lawrence, 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 Skolnik Industries, Inc 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wastequip Mt Sterling 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lancaster Container, Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Steel Container Corporation - Quakertown 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bellingham Energy 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Medway 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Medway Power Plant 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allendale Biomass LLC 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL 1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence 730 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence Manufacturing 728 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill 723 FTE
NAT-TCR Astoria Place Living & Rehab Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Newport News Va 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Claffey's Corporation 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cub Foods Knollwood - 5519 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of Forest City - Fire Department 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE M.E. Industries, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE UTS Maritime Services, LLC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Karnak Midwest LLC 21 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. 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.