Animal shelters · Massachusetts

METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC

Methuen, MA · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.6
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC runs at 931% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal shelters workplace, earning a grade F.

METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC: 19.6 TCR = 931% of Animal shelters BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC safety composite

METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 19.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC: 11.7 → 27.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 27.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC's TCR rose 15.6 from 11.7 in 2017 to 27.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812910 · Methuen, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 19.6 · 931% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Ventura County Anima…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ventura County Animal Services (0.1 TCR gap)

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METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC averages 19.6 TCR (931% of the Animal shelters BLS benchmark).

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

METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC TCR series: 2017=11.7 · 2018=27.4 · BLS 2.1

Where METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC falls in its industry

65 Animal shelters establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 15.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Animal shelters employers in Massachusetts.

METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC (48 employees, TCR 19.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC
METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC (48 employees, TCR 19.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8

METHN-MSPCA-Methuen ACAC has more employees than the Animal shelters median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 15.8. 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
2018 27.4 0.0 10 0 0
2017 11.7 3.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812910 · MA · Methuen

65 Animal shelters employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 53 employers in Methuen, 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 Ventura County Animal Services 19.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Destination Pet All Facilities 19.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WAG HOTELS - Redwood City 19.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR WAG HOTELS - Oakland 19.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Payne|Bouchier Inc 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rise Construction Management 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-MA-South Dennis-Western Boulevard 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plymouth MA 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holy Family Hospital - Methuen 1,454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shaw's Methuen Distribution Center 406 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Ann's Home, Inc 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0033-0033-06652 FAC-06652-METHUEN-MA 306 FTE
NAT-TCR Plant 2 19.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Forsman Farms SH 19.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Retama Nursing Center/Jourdanton 19.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZNST 19.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eugene 016 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE EOS Fitness - Gilbert 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Air Ride Technologies, Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electric Utilities 48 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: 2018, 2017. 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.