Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Massachusetts

N. Andover

North Andover, MA · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
25.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

N. Andover runs at 776% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

N. Andover: 25.6 TCR = 776% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

N. Andover safety composite

N. Andover scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 25.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 43.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

N. Andover: 7.2 → 44.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 44.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.72× in 2018

N. Andover's TCR rose 36.8 from 7.2 in 2017 to 44.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · North Andover, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 25.6 · 776% of ind

  • DART 44.0 DART
  • RANK #27/27
  • PHOTO Sombra
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sombra (9.8 TCR gap)

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N. Andover in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows N. Andover averages 25.6 TCR (776% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

N. Andover TCR series: 2017=7.2 · 2018=44 · BLS 3.3

Where N. Andover falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 27 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Massachusetts.

N. Andover (28 employees, TCR 25.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate N. Andover
N. Andover (28 employees, TCR 25.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

N. Andover has fewer employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2018 44.0 44.0 1 0 0
2017 7.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · MA · North Andover

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 53 employers in North Andover, 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 Sombra 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robinson Pharma Inc 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pinnacle 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HPPE LLC 13.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ocean Spray Carver Receiving Station 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waypoint General Contracting LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masters Touch 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pomeroy & Co., Inc. 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BOS3 1,743 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #12 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edgewood Retirement Community, Inc. 287 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gourmet Specialty Foods, LLC 283 FTE
NAT-TCR Special Needs Residence, LLC (D/B/A MT. Bethel Village) 25.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sat Nam Express, LLC 25.6 TCR
NAT-TCR J.B. Garage Doors Inc. 25.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Redtails Logistics Corporation Inc 25.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ngl Water Solutions, LLC-Karnes City 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highlands Regional Medical Center - FL 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE WVUH Student Health and Urgent Care 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Methodist Morton Family Medicine 28 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.