Animal shelters · Massachusetts

Methuen ACAC

Methuen, MA · ~51 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.7
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Methuen ACAC runs at 555% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal shelters workplace, earning a grade F.

Methuen ACAC: 11.7 TCR = 555% of Animal shelters BLS 2.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Methuen ACAC safety composite

Methuen ACAC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 11.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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%).

TCR Δ

−16.6

2022→2024

Methuen ACAC injury rate improved

Methuen ACAC's TCR fell 16.6 from 19.2 in 2022 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 19.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=19.2 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 555% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Wisconsin Humane Soc…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wisconsin Humane Society - Green Bay (0.1 TCR gap)

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Methuen ACAC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Methuen ACAC averages 11.7 TCR (555% of the Animal shelters BLS benchmark).

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

Methuen ACAC TCR series: 2022=19.2 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.1

Where Methuen ACAC falls in its industry

65 Animal shelters establishments

Safer than 63% 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 #1 safest of 4 Animal shelters employers in Massachusetts.

Methuen ACAC (51 employees, TCR 11.7) 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 Methuen ACAC
Methuen ACAC (51 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8

Methuen ACAC has more employees than the Animal shelters median and a lower 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
2024 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2023 13.3 5.3 5 0 0
2022 19.2 2.7 6 1 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 Wisconsin Humane Society - Green Bay 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CCSF, Animal Care & Control 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Animal Services 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GPSPCA Merriam 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Benevento Sand & Stone Corp 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Day Boston 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE EJ Paving Company, Inc 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lazaro Paving Corp. 51 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 Golden Acres Manor 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rotational Molding Technologies Inc 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ACS Kansas City 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Floyd Wilcox & Sons 11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mears Fertilizer Inc 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Out of the Woods Custom Cabinetry 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magnatag 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wire and Cable Specialties, Inc. 440 Highlands 51 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. 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.