Hardware Stores · Massachusetts

Ipswich MA

Ipswich, MA · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ipswich MA runs at 602% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Ipswich MA: 20.5 TCR = 602% of Hardware Stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ipswich MA safety composite

Ipswich MA 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

Ipswich MA: 26.3 → 33.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 33.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2024

Ipswich MA's TCR rose 7.4 from 26.3 in 2021 to 33.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Ipswich, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 20.5 · 602% of ind

  • DART 16.8 DART
  • RANK #17/18
  • PHOTO 0055 - EL PASO, TX
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0055 - EL PASO, TX (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ipswich MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ipswich MA averages 20.5 TCR (602% of the Hardware Stores BLS benchmark).

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

Ipswich MA TCR series: 2021=26.3 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=33.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Ipswich MA falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware Stores establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 Hardware Stores employers in Massachusetts.

Ipswich MA (24 employees, TCR 20.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Ipswich MA
Ipswich MA (24 employees, TCR 20.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ipswich MA has more employees than the Hardware Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 33.6 16.8 4 0 0
2023 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2021 26.3 26.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · MA · Ipswich

1,493 Hardware Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 22 employers in Ipswich, 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 0055 - EL PASO, TX 20.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0044 - OGDEN, UT 20.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR HANOVER, PA #03026 20.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0747 - COOKEVILLE, TN 19.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Savage Farms Inc. 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Salem Harbor Station 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Springfield Station 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE ATTLEBORO-MA04 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR EBSCO Information Services 1,388 FTE
CITY-NEAR New England BioLabs, Inc. (Ipswich Headquarters) 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trillium Valves USA 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR Little Enterprises LLC 100 FTE
NAT-TCR Bahr Bros. Mfg., Inc. 20.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZSPL 20.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Reliance Pork, LLC 20.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Norfolk Ship Provisioning 20.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE PCH Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning, Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3501 Electronics Way West Palm Beach FL 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2255 Pratt Blvd Elk Grove IL 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Machinery Repair 24 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, 2021. 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.