Edge tools, woodworking (e.g., augers, bits, countersinks), manufacturing · Massachusetts

Manufacturing

Southbridge, MA · ~138 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Manufacturing runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Edge tools, woodworking (e.g., augers, bits, countersinks), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Manufacturing: 4.7 TCR = 141% of Edge tools, woodworking (e.g., augers, bits, countersinks), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Manufacturing safety composite

Manufacturing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2018→2020

Manufacturing injury rate improved

Manufacturing's TCR fell 0.9 from 5.1 in 2018 to 4.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.1 · 2020=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332216 · Southbridge, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 141% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Specialty Design and…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Specialty Design and Manufacturing Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Manufacturing averages 4.7 TCR (141% of the Edge tools, woodworking (e.g., augers, bits, countersinks), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Manufacturing TCR series: 2018=5.1 · 2020=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Manufacturing falls in its industry

174 Edge tools, woodworking (e.g., establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Edge tools, woodworking (e.g., employers in Massachusetts.

Manufacturing (138 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Manufacturing
Manufacturing (138 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Manufacturing has more employees than the Edge tools, woodworking (e.g., augers, b median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2020 4.2 2.5 5 0 0
2018 5.1 5.1 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332216 · MA · Southbridge

174 Edge tools, woodworking (e.g., augers, bits, countersinks), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 33 employers in Southbridge, 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 Specialty Design and Manufacturing Company, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Knife and Saw, Inc, 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edge Manufacturing, Incl 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Office - 01 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nappa Home Office 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Professional Drywall Construction Inc. 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Catelli Brothers Family of Foods 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Microsemi FTS Inc (A Microchip Co) Beverly Tozer 138 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harrington Memorial Hospital 1,349 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harrington Physician Services 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Center of Hope Foundation, Inc. 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southbridge Main Location 212 FTE
NAT-TCR Community Living Centers, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Black Gold Farms - INW 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR BrightRidge 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Thomas Eilen 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ridgid Products 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buffalo Community Middle School 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schlumberger Bayou Blue 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reckitt Benckiser 138 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: 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.