Retirement communities, continuing care · Massachusetts

Kimball Farms

Lenox, MA · ~149 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kimball Farms runs at 237% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retirement communities, continuing care workplace, earning a grade F.

Kimball Farms: 9.0 TCR = 237% of Retirement communities, continuing care BLS 3.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kimball Farms safety composite

Kimball Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 9.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.7

2016→2023

Kimball Farms injury rate improved

Kimball Farms's TCR fell 1.7 from 5.9 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 31.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.9 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=10.5 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=31.7 · 2023=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · Lenox, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 237% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #50/80
  • PHOTO Kemper House Highlan…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~149 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kemper House Highland Heights (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kimball Farms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kimball Farms averages 9.0 TCR (237% of the Retirement communities, continuing care BLS benchmark).

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

Kimball Farms TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=10.5 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=31.7 · 2023=4.3 · BLS 3.8

Where Kimball Farms falls in its industry

4,127 Retirement communities, contin establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 80 Retirement communities, contin employers in Massachusetts.

Kimball Farms (149 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kimball Farms
Kimball Farms (149 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Kimball Farms has more employees than the Retirement communities, continuing care median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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 4.3 3.4 5 0 0
2022 31.7 31.7 2 34 0
2021 6.9 6.0 8 0 0
2020 4.2 3.4 5 0 0
2019 1.7 1.7 2 0 0
2018 10.5 8.8 11 1 0
2017 6.9 3.4 6 2 0
2016 5.9 3.4 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · MA · Lenox

4,127 Retirement communities, continuing care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 19 employers in Lenox, 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 Kemper House Highland Heights 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Piedmont Assisted Living Services, LLC 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MA1537-BVSL-BV CANTON 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morning Pointe of Tuscaloosa 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE USA MA Devens 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seaboard Folding Box 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thermo Fisher Scientific- Chelmsford, MA 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beacon MedTech Solutions 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR CR Employment, Inc (Lenox) 418 FTE
CITY-NEAR Miraval Berkshires Resort and Spa 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cranwell Resort, Spa and Golf Club (MV) 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hillcrest Educational Centers - ASD Hillcrest Center 164 FTE
NAT-TCR Tony's Plumbing & Heating, LLC 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Waco, Tx - 842 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern States Russellville Coop 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard Tallahassee FL 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Everett #104 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vancouver-NE 136th #049 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arfos - Ft. Smith 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE Techno Coatings, Inc. - North Miami 149 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.