Mechanical contractors · Massachusetts

J.C. Higgins Corp.

Stoughton, MA · ~250 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J.C. Higgins Corp. runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

J.C. Higgins Corp.: 3.6 TCR = 128% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J.C. Higgins Corp. safety composite

J.C. Higgins Corp. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

J.C. Higgins Corp. held a steady TCR band

J.C. Higgins Corp.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 3.5 in 2023 to 3.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.5 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Stoughton, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 128% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #78/140
  • PHOTO Mechanical Construct…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~250 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mechanical Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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J.C. Higgins Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J.C. Higgins Corp. averages 3.6 TCR (128% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

J.C. Higgins Corp. TCR series: 2023=3.5 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 2.8

Where J.C. Higgins Corp. falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 140 Mechanical contractors employers in Massachusetts.

J.C. Higgins Corp. (250 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate J.C. Higgins Corp.
J.C. Higgins Corp. (250 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

J.C. Higgins Corp. has more employees than the Mechanical contractors median and a higher 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
2024 3.6 1.2 9 0 0
2023 3.5 1.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MA · Stoughton

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 65 employers in Stoughton, 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 Mechanical Construction 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Plumbing of Sarasota, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plumbing Here in Allentown 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rogers Heating & Cooling 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Company Headquarters 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE Signature Breads Inc. 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE Desktop Metal, Inc. 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE Savant Systems, Inc 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : BOS5 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BOS5 1,076 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rentals Unlimited 743 FTE
CITY-NEAR New England Sinai Hospital 433 FTE
NAT-TCR IKO Pacific 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohtra - Columbus 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Gasta - Statesboro 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohcel - Celina 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Montgomeryville 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE States Industries 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Utilitra LLC 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Floca - Ocala Center 250 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.