Laminating purchased textiles · Massachusetts

Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC

Shrew, MA · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Laminating purchased textiles workplace, earning a grade F.

Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC: 7.7 TCR = 232% of Laminating purchased textiles BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC safety composite

Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC: 3.2 → 12.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.58× in 2023

Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC's TCR rose 8.9 from 3.2 in 2022 to 12.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313320 · Shrew, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 232% of ind

  • DART 12.1 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO Worthen Industries C…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Worthen Industries Clinton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC averages 7.7 TCR (232% of the Laminating purchased textiles BLS benchmark).

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

Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC TCR series: 2022=3.2 · 2023=12.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC falls in its industry

79 Laminating purchased textiles establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Laminating purchased textiles employers in Massachusetts.

Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC (26 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC
Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC (26 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Industrial Polymers & Chemicals INC has fewer employees than the Laminating purchased textiles median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023 12.1 12.1 2 0 0
2022 3.2 3.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313320 · MA · Shrew

79 Laminating purchased textiles employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 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 Worthen Industries Clinton 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foam Products Corp. 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Snyder Manufacturing Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SignResource Identity Group 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE SHELD 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCPHEE ASSOCIATES, INC. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lendlease - Boston Office 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE JP Masonry Inc 26 FTE
NAT-TCR 214 - Plainfield 4 Mile Store 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Skywater 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Jonesboro RHCC 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Truitt and White Lumber Company 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arborpro Lawn and Tree Care 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nifty Bar Grinding and Cutting Solutions, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sechrist-Hall Company HGN 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Meador Boys Express Inc 26 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: 2023, 2022. 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.