General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts
Methods Machine Tools, Inc
Sudbury, MA · ~255 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Methods Machine Tools, Inc runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
Methods Machine Tools, Inc: 2.1 TCR = 95% of General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Methods Machine Tools, Inc safety composite
Methods Machine Tools, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Methods Machine Tools, Inc: 1.5 → 4.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2023
Methods Machine Tools, Inc's TCR rose 2.9 from 1.5 in 2019 to 4.3 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423830 · Sudbury, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 95% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #4/12
- PHOTO CARL ERIC JOHNSON INC
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~255 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CARL ERIC JOHNSON INC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Methods Machine Tools, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Methods Machine Tools, Inc
2.1 TCR
- CARL ERIC JOHN
CARL ERIC JOHNSON INC
2.1 TCR
- Stewart & Stev
Stewart & Stevenson - Harvey Branch
2.1 TCR
- Beard Equipmen
Beard Equipment Company of Mobile
2.1 TCR
- 06018-06-06-SA
06018-06-06-SALINAS
2.1 TCR
What this shows Methods Machine Tools, Inc averages 2.1 TCR (95% of the General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Methods Machine Tools, Inc TCR series: 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=2 · 2023=4.3 · BLS 2.2
Where Methods Machine Tools, Inc falls in its industry
911 General-purpose industrial mac establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 General-purpose industrial mac employers in Massachusetts.
Methods Machine Tools, Inc has more employees than the General-purpose industrial machinery and median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423830 · MA · Sudbury
911 General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 23 employers in Sudbury, 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 | CARL ERIC JOHNSON INC | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stewart & Stevenson - Harvey Branch | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Beard Equipment Company of Mobile | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 06018-06-06-SALINAS | 2.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 5472-000000602 | 255 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 10452 Lynnfield | 255 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1281 - Milford | 255 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schumacher Companies | 255 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cavicchio Greenhouses Inc. | 387 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ROCHE BROS - SUDBURY SSF | 206 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 10691 Sudbury | 202 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sudbury Farms - Sudbury | 192 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Vernet US Corporation | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stellar Industrial Solutions Inc. | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nucor Tubular Product Inc. Decatur | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Robinson Pipe Cleaning Company | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Domino Amjet, Inc. - Sales & Service | 255 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Monterey Peninsula Country Club | 255 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Voith Paper Products and Service | 255 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Airtron San Antonio | 255 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.