Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts
L. Knife & Son
Kingston, MA · ~229 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
L. Knife & Son runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
L. Knife & Son: 3.9 TCR = 175% of Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
L. Knife & Son safety composite
L. Knife & Son scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
67/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% 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%).
Rising injury rate
L. Knife & Son: 3.4 → 4.3 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2024
L. Knife & Son's TCR rose 0.9 from 3.4 in 2018 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424810 · Kingston, MA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 175% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #1/9
- PHOTO South
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 61 inj
- SIZE ~229 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: South (0.0 TCR gap)
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L. Knife & Son in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
L. Knife & Son
3.9 TCR
- South
South
3.9 TCR
- Wil Fischer Di
Wil Fischer Distributing
3.9 TCR
- Glazers Beer A
Glazers Beer And Beverage San Angelo
3.9 TCR
- Silver Eagle B
Silver Eagle Beverages - Del Rio
3.8 TCR
What this shows L. Knife & Son averages 3.9 TCR (175% of the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
L. Knife & Son TCR series: 2018=3.4 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 2.2
Where L. Knife & Son falls in its industry
664 Beverages, alcoholic (except d establishmentsSafer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 Beverages, alcoholic (except d employers in Massachusetts.
L. Knife & Son has more employees than the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled s median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.4. 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 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424810 · MA · Kingston
664 Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 24 employers in Kingston, 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 | South | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Silver Eagle Beverages - Del Rio | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wil Fischer Distributing | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Glazers Beer And Beverage San Angelo | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | M.L. McDonald Sales Company, LLC | 229 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | David Clark Company Incorporated | 229 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 11DG065 MED-SURG NORTHBOROUGH | 229 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 100020 | 229 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | wingate at silver lake | 237 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1495 - Kingston | 192 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wingate | 187 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MAKSN - KINGSTON | 154 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Beaufort Memorial Hospital | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Agrana Fruit US, Inc. Centerville | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ardisam, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Builders Supply Company | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hubbardton Forge LLC | 229 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alico Inc | 229 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hogan Transports | 229 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Casa Bonita Convalescent Hospital | 229 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.