Construction adhesives (except asphalt, gypsum base) manufacturing · Massachusetts

KEY Pol 17

Lawrence, MA · ~58 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KEY Pol 17 runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Construction adhesives (except asphalt, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

KEY Pol 17: 2.7 TCR = 83% of Construction adhesives (except asphalt, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KEY Pol 17 safety composite

KEY Pol 17 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

KEY Pol 17 held a steady TCR band

KEY Pol 17's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.0 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Lawrence, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 83% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #8/13
  • PHOTO Henkel Bay Point
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Henkel Bay Point (0.0 TCR gap)

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KEY Pol 17 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KEY Pol 17 averages 2.7 TCR (83% of the Construction adhesives (except asphalt, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KEY Pol 17 TCR series: 2016=2 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where KEY Pol 17 falls in its industry

287 Construction adhesives (except establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

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 13 Construction adhesives (except employers in Massachusetts.

KEY Pol 17 (58 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate KEY Pol 17
KEY Pol 17 (58 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

KEY Pol 17 has fewer employees than the Construction adhesives (except asphalt, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2019 2.1 2.1 0 1 0
2018 4.1 2.0 2 0 0
2016 2.0 2.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · MA · Lawrence

287 Construction adhesives (except asphalt, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 77 employers in Lawrence, 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 Henkel Bay Point 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR LATICRETE International, Inc-TX 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wisdom - River Ridge 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henkel US Operations Corporation - Cleveland 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Utilities Charles Street 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Somerville Gas 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkins 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL 1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence 730 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence Manufacturing 728 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill 723 FTE
NAT-TCR Tri-Cities Staffing 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Annin Flagmakers-Ohio 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sea Beach 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Yarde Metals, Inc.: Pennsylvania 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hesselbein Tire Co. 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE REPCO 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mesa Industries, Inc. - Phoenix Site 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Signature Packaging and Paper LLC 58 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: 2019, 2018, 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.