Retail · Massachusetts

Independence 179

Name: Independence 179 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Kingston, MA · ~113 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Independence 179 runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Retail workplace, earning a grade A.

Independence 179: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Retail BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independence 179 safety composite

Independence 179 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Independence 179 held a steady TCR band

Independence 179's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.4 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2017=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Kingston, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/27
PHOTO STR0581
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STR0581 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.5
STR0581

1.5
Unit # 2698

1.5
Unit # 2797

1.5
Unit # 2909

1.5

What this shows Independence 179 averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Retail BLS benchmark).

Independence 179 TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=1.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Independence 179 falls in its industry

1,987 Retail establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 27 Retail employers in Massachusetts.

Independence 179 (113 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Independence 179 has more employees than the Retail median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2017	1.6	0.0	1	0	0
2016	1.4	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · MA · Kingston

1,987 Retail employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 24 employers in Kingston, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	STR0581	ROCK HILL, SC	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 2698	TRACY, CA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 2797	STEUBENVILLE, OH	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 2909	DARDENNE PRAIRIE, MO	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Brattan Industries	LITTLETON	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Patriot Beverages	LITTLETON	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	UFP Belchertown LLC	BELCHERTOWN	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Erving Industries, Inc.	ERVING	113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	wingate at silver lake	Kingston	237 FTE
CITY-NEAR	L. Knife & Son	Kingston	229 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1495 - Kingston	Kingston	192 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wingate	Kingston	187 FTE
NAT-TCR	PEI-Genesis	South Bend, IN	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ahlstrom Filtration LLC - Madisonville	Madisonville, KY	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Yokohama Industries Americas Inc. Division 1	Versailles, KY	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	South Houston Complex EN40	Houston, TX	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	J.a.B & Co. Inc	Levittown, NY	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stop & Shop 100578	Inwood, NY	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Bruery, LLC	Placentia, CA	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Solvay Specialty Polymers, USA, LLC	Borger, TX	113 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: 2017, 2016. 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.