Weather stripping merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts

Ludlow

Ludlow, MA · ~100 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ludlow runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Weather stripping merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ludlow: 3.6 TCR = 162% of Weather stripping merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ludlow safety composite

Ludlow scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

Ludlow: 2.0 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024

Ludlow's TCR rose 1.5 from 2.0 in 2021 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423330 · Ludlow, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 162% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #5/9
  • PHOTO AUGUSTA
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AUGUSTA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ludlow in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ludlow averages 3.6 TCR (162% of the Weather stripping merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ludlow TCR series: 2021=2 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Ludlow falls in its industry

953 Weather stripping merchant who establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Weather stripping merchant who employers in Massachusetts.

Ludlow (100 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 31 employees and a TCR of 5.7 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ludlow
Ludlow (100 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 31 employees and a TCR of 5.7

Ludlow has more employees than the Weather stripping merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.7. 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
2024 3.6 3.6 5 0 0
2023 3.3 3.3 4 0 0
2022 5.4 3.2 5 0 0
2021 2.0 1.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423330 · MA · Ludlow

953 Weather stripping merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 23 employers in Ludlow, 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 AUGUSTA 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 617 ABC Supply Co., inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABC Supply Co Inc, 264 Murfreesboro, TN 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 058 ABC Supply Co., Inc 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Patriot Care Corp 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worcester Air Conditioning 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Notch Mechanical Constructors 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stavis Seafoods Fresh Center 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Western MA 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kleeberg SheetMetal 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kleeberg Sheet Metal 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Y Foods, Inc. Ludlow 153 FTE
NAT-TCR Basciani Foods, Inc 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ivy Park at Cathedral Hill 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Forest Grove Aquatic Center 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mission Citrus 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hanover Township - 630 New Commerce Boulevard 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE PA040 Mount Wolf Container 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Platinum Logistics Service, LLC 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE VWR International 100 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.