Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Kane Logistics - Norwood

Name: Kane Logistics - Norwood Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Norwood, MA · ~56 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 18.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kane Logistics - Norwood runs at 563% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kane Logistics - Norwood: 18.6 TCR = 563% of Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kane Logistics - Norwood safety composite

Kane Logistics - Norwood scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 18.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers
DART rate: F 21.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Kane Logistics - Norwood: 13.9 → 23.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 23.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.15× in 2020

Kane Logistics - Norwood's TCR rose 9.5 from 13.9 in 2019 to 23.3 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Norwood, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.6 · 563% of ind

DART 21.4 DART
RANK #18/20
PHOTO Knox County Associat…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 21 inj
SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens - Dove Manufacturing Plant 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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18.6
Knox County As

18.6
Pallet Express

18.6
Palleton of Fr

18.5
Summerford Pal

18.5

What this shows Kane Logistics - Norwood averages 18.6 TCR (563% of the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Kane Logistics - Norwood TCR series: 2019=13.9 · 2020=23.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Kane Logistics - Norwood falls in its industry

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 20 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur employers in Massachusetts.

Kane Logistics - Norwood (56 employees, TCR 18.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Kane Logistics - Norwood has more employees than the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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
2020	23.3	21.4	12	0	0
2019	13.9	10.8	9	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · MA · Norwood

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 79 employers in Norwood, 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	Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens - Dove Manufacturing Plant 1	VINCENNES, IN	18.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pallet Express	LIBERTY, NC	18.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Palleton of Fremont	FREMONT, NE	18.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Summerford Pallet Company - AL	ASHFORD, AL	18.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Smolak Farms	NORTH ANDOVER	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Liberty Utilities Fifth Street	FALL RIVER	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	7238_16578	CARLISLE	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fontaine Bros. Inc.	SPRINGFIELD	56 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HallKeen Assisted Living	Norwood	717 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MANOR - NORWOOD	Norwood	660 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NORWOOD (MANOR)	Norwood	660 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Home Market Foods	Norwood	428 FTE
NAT-TCR	Head Office	Anoka, MN	18.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rose City Health and Rehabilitation Center	Thomasville, GA	18.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Edwardsville Operator, LLC	Edwardsville, KS	18.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ecp-Ground Ops	Panama City Beach, FL	18.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	4765-EWRPW9650	Newark, NJ	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Miami Valley Polishing, LLC	Piqua, OH	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Arbor - Woodland Community Consol. School Dist. 50	Gurnee, IL	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Morries Mercedes-Benz of St Paul	Maplewood, MN	56 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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