Wired Telecommunications Carriers · Massachusetts

MA0148CN2

Lowell, MA · ~485 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MA0148CN2 runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Wired Telecommunications Carriers workplace, earning a grade C.

MA0148CN2: 0.6 TCR = 84% of Wired Telecommunications Carriers BLS 0.7 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MA0148CN2 safety composite

MA0148CN2 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

MA0148CN2: 0.4 → 0.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 0.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2019

MA0148CN2's TCR rose 0.4 from 0.4 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Lowell, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.6 · 84% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO Watch TV
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~485 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Watch TV (0.0 TCR gap)

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MA0148CN2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MA0148CN2 averages 0.6 TCR (84% of the Wired Telecommunications Carriers BLS benchmark).

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

MA0148CN2 TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=0.7 · BLS 0.7

Where MA0148CN2 falls in its industry

537 Wired Telecommunications Carri establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

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 7 Wired Telecommunications Carri employers in Massachusetts.

MA0148CN2 (485 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate MA0148CN2
MA0148CN2 (485 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

MA0148CN2 has more employees than the Wired Telecommunications Carriers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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
2019 0.7 0.7 3 0 0
2018 0.9 0.9 4 0 0
2017 0.4 0.2 2 0 0
2016 0.4 0.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · MA · Lowell

537 Wired Telecommunications Carriers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 81 employers in Lowell, 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 Watch TV 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR KSCYMO06 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SNRMCA69 - Pacific Bell Telephone Company 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR PA0451CB8 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reinhart - Boston - 0561 484 FTE
STATE-SIZE AllWays Health Partners 486 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summit Retail Solutions Inc 487 FTE
STATE-SIZE BROCKTON (MABRO) 483 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital 2,314 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pathfinder 1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital Saints 741 FTE
CITY-NEAR Macom Technology Solutions 507 FTE
NAT-TCR Clinical/Financial Informatics 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartland Fuel Products 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR East & Westbrook Construction Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amzl : Dpp1 485 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pella Corporation Carroll Site 485 FTE
NAT-SIZE Menahsa Packaging Company - Lithia Springs 485 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avita Health System Ontario Location 485 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: 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.