Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers · Massachusetts

MA-224 Massachusetts West

Chicopee, MA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MA-224 Massachusetts West runs at 529% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers workplace, earning a grade F.

MA-224 Massachusetts West: 14.8 TCR = 529% of Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MA-224 Massachusetts West safety composite

MA-224 Massachusetts West scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 22.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

MA-224 Massachusetts West: 7.4 → 22.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 22.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2024

MA-224 Massachusetts West's TCR rose 14.8 from 7.4 in 2022 to 22.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Chicopee, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.8 · 529% of ind

  • DART 22.2 DART
  • RANK #127/128
  • PHOTO Fox Valley Electric
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fox Valley Electric (0.0 TCR gap)

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MA-224 Massachusetts West in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MA-224 Massachusetts West averages 14.8 TCR (529% of the Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers BLS benchmark).

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

MA-224 Massachusetts West TCR series: 2022=7.4 · 2024=22.2 · BLS 2.8

Where MA-224 Massachusetts West falls in its industry

4,550 Photovoltaic solar energy gene establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #127 safest of 128 Photovoltaic solar energy gene employers in Massachusetts.

MA-224 Massachusetts West (22 employees, TCR 14.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate MA-224 Massachusetts West
MA-224 Massachusetts West (22 employees, TCR 14.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

MA-224 Massachusetts West has fewer employees than the Photovoltaic solar energy generation sys median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 22.2 22.2 3 0 0
2022 7.4 7.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · MA · Chicopee

4,550 Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 104 employers in Chicopee, 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 Fox Valley Electric 14.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITC San Antonio Texas 14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR LT ELectric and Lighting Inc - DBA LT Generators 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electrical Contractor 15.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Great Falls Aquaculture 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE ANP Bellingham Energy Company LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE 65 Essex Road 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ryan Construction, Inc. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR MA-04 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Consumer Product Distributors LLC dba J Polep Distribution Services 774 FTE
CITY-NEAR J Polep Distribution Services 686 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5278 526 FTE
NAT-TCR Public Works Maintenance / Streets 14.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Athens Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 14.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Crowne Health Care of Mobile 14.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nmhob - Hobbs Center 14.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grandview Winnelson Supply Co 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE R&D Heating and Sheet Metal Co., Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE York 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nuvar East 22 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.