Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability · Massachusetts

Mental Health Association, Inc.

Springfield, MA · ~197 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mental Health Association, Inc. runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability workplace, earning a grade D.

Mental Health Association, Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 121% of Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mental Health Association, Inc. safety composite

Mental Health Association, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

Mental Health Association, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Mental Health Association, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 4.6 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=7.0 · 2023=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623210 · Springfield, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 121% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #22/74
  • PHOTO Administration
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~197 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Administration (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mental Health Association, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mental Health Association, Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (121% of the Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability BLS benchmark).

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

Mental Health Association, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=7 · 2023=4.7 · BLS 3.8

Where Mental Health Association, Inc. falls in its industry

2,261 Group homes, intellectual and establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 74 Group homes, intellectual and employers in Massachusetts.

Mental Health Association, Inc. (197 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Mental Health Association, Inc.
Mental Health Association, Inc. (197 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Mental Health Association, Inc. has more employees than the Group homes, intellectual and developmen median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2023 4.7 4.7 5 0 0
2019 7.0 7.0 5 0 0
2018 3.7 3.7 3 0 0
2017 2.9 2.9 7 1 0
2016 4.6 2.9 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623210 · MA · Springfield

2,261 Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 215 employers in Springfield, 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 Administration 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BH CENTRAL ONE HALIFAX BHS & SE 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR REACH, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6443-481907 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE SW Hyannis 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (Southbridge/Auburn) 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-000000163 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roche Bros. Supermarkets - Bridgewater 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMC - Baystate Medical Center 8,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMP - Baystate Medical Practices 1,977 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Tarp Redevelopment, LLC d/b/a MGM Springfield 1,867 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMF - Baystate Medical Practices 1,746 FTE
NAT-TCR Dept. of Natural Resources (24) 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bashas 079 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 2425 W. Curtis Rd 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanderson Farms Laurel Live Haul 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Arc of Alachua County 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Safeway Construction Enterprises LLC 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palmdale Oil Company 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE GT Technologies - Defiance Plants 1 and 2 197 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: 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.