Fiber spools, reels, blocks made from purchased paperboard · Massachusetts

Merrimac Spool & Reel

Haverhill, MA · ~29 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merrimac Spool & Reel runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fiber spools, reels, blocks made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade C.

Merrimac Spool & Reel: 3.5 TCR = 108% of Fiber spools, reels, blocks made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrimac Spool & Reel safety composite

Merrimac Spool & Reel scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

Merrimac Spool & Reel held a steady TCR band

Merrimac Spool & Reel's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Haverhill, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 108% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Greif - Windsor Locks
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greif - Windsor Locks (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merrimac Spool & Reel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merrimac Spool & Reel averages 3.5 TCR (108% of the Fiber spools, reels, blocks made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Merrimac Spool & Reel TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Merrimac Spool & Reel falls in its industry

140 Fiber spools, reels, blocks ma establishments

Safer than 51% 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 #2 safest of 4 Fiber spools, reels, blocks ma employers in Massachusetts.

Merrimac Spool & Reel (29 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Merrimac Spool & Reel
Merrimac Spool & Reel (29 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Merrimac Spool & Reel has fewer employees than the Fiber spools, reels, blocks made from pu median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2022 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2021 8.8 8.8 3 0 0
2020 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2019 6.7 6.7 2 0 0
2018 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · MA · Haverhill

140 Fiber spools, reels, blocks made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 87 employers in Haverhill, 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 Greif - Windsor Locks 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3006_5817 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Letica-Nevada 2 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nagel Paper- Kentucky 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skyline Solar 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Building Co. Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CTA Construction Co., Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coastal Construction Corp. 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cedars Mediterranean Foods 1,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brooks Brothers Group - Southwick 501 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #09 459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #9 371 FTE
NAT-TCR Airpot Corp 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR UMCasaFranklin931 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Actek Mfg & Eng Inc 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 117 Courtyard by Marriott 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Owens Industries, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bayhead Products Corp 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Erect-A-Tube, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Look Siding 29 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.