Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing · Massachusetts

Kidde-Fenwal, Inc

Ashland, MA · ~289 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kidde-Fenwal, Inc runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Kidde-Fenwal, Inc: 0.8 TCR = 24% of Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kidde-Fenwal, Inc safety composite

Kidde-Fenwal, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2016→2023

Kidde-Fenwal, Inc injury rate improved

Kidde-Fenwal, Inc's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.6 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.6 · 2017=0.5 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=0.3 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334290 · Ashland, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 24% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO PedSafety, a Dick Ca…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~289 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PedSafety, a Dick Campbell Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kidde-Fenwal, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kidde-Fenwal, Inc averages 0.8 TCR (24% of the Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kidde-Fenwal, Inc TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=0.5 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=0.3 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Kidde-Fenwal, Inc falls in its industry

103 Other Communications Equipment establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Other Communications Equipment employers in Massachusetts.

Kidde-Fenwal, Inc (289 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 127 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 05001,0001,5002,000 012345 Average employees Total Case Rate Kidde-Fenwal, Inc
Kidde-Fenwal, Inc (289 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 127 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Kidde-Fenwal, Inc has more employees than the Other Communications Equipment Manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.3 0.0 4 0 0
2021 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2019 1.1 0.3 4 0 0
2018 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2017 0.5 0.0 2 0 0
2016 1.6 0.6 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334290 · MA · Ashland

103 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 21 employers in Ashland, 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 PedSafety, a Dick Campbell Company 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Digital Monitoring Products, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA-MA-Kidde Fenwal-Ashland Factory 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Star Communications, Inc. 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS of CT, Inc 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gaston Electrical Co. Inc. office 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allston Landing Facility 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cardinal Health Boston DC 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #46 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terumo Cardiovascular Group 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0033-0033-01419 FAC-01419-ASHLAND-MA 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000001419 122 FTE
NAT-TCR Ashworth by the Sea 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Otis Elevator Company-Ft. Lauderdale 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Great Lakes : SVC-Cleveland OH-USA 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #0450 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE USM Store #530 (United) 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #564 (Market Street) 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0961 - Mira Loma Ca (Wet) Depot 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tower Eight Staffing Solutions dba Labor For Hire - Naples 289 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.