Employer · Massachusetts

Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522

Norwood, MA · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 runs at 286% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522: 6.3 TCR = 286% of industry BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 safety composite

Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−8.6

2018→2020

Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 injury rate improved

Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522's TCR fell 8.6 from 11.3 in 2018 to 2.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=11.3 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Norwood, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 286% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #14/21
  • PHOTO Colonial Electric Su…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Colonial Electric Supply King Of Prussia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 averages 6.3 TCR (286% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 TCR series: 2018=11.3 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=2.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 falls in its industry

1,190 industry establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 21 industry employers in Massachusetts.

Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 (36 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522
Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 (36 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Needham Norwood, MA DC 1522 has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2020 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2019 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2018 11.3 5.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · MA · Norwood

1,190 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 79 employers in Norwood, 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 Colonial Electric Supply King Of Prussia 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Charleston 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kingsford Branch 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Feldman Brothers Electrical Supply Co, Inc 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jonathan's Sprouts Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metro Elevator NE, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cafco Construction Management, LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE White Schiavone JV 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR HallKeen Assisted Living 717 FTE
CITY-NEAR MANOR - NORWOOD 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORWOOD (MANOR) 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Market Foods 428 FTE
NAT-TCR Ncmilt-Opi-Charlotte-Milton Road 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1115 Highland, in 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 466 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The ServiCenter, Inc. dba Valair Aviation 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0010 - JELD-WEN Engineering 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE NJ014 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tmx2033 - Austin 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tmx2064 - Inland Commercial 36 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.