Footwear, athletic, manufacturing · Massachusetts
New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill
Lawrence, MA · ~723 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Footwear, athletic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Footwear, athletic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill safety composite
New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).
67/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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
New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill: 0.8 → 2.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.38× in 2022
New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.8 in 2021 to 2.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 316210 · Lawrence, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #1/5
- PHOTO PDX Corporate / DC
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~723 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: PDX Corporate / DC (0.0 TCR gap)
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New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- NMF inc.
NMF inc.
1.8 TCR
- This site
New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill
1.6 TCR
- PDX Corporate
PDX Corporate / DC
1.6 TCR
- McRae Footwear
McRae Footwear Division Troy
1.6 TCR
- Crocs Saltwate
Crocs Saltwater
1.3 TCR
What this shows New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Footwear, athletic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill TCR series: 2021=0.8 · 2022=2.3 · BLS 3.3
Where New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill falls in its industry
62 Footwear, athletic, manufactur establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Footwear, athletic, manufactur employers in Massachusetts.
New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill has more employees than the Footwear, athletic, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
316210 · MA · Lawrence
62 Footwear, athletic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 77 employers in Lawrence, 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 | PDX Corporate / DC | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | McRae Footwear Division Troy | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NMF inc. | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Crocs Saltwater | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Amazon Robotics BOS12 | 722 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Market Basket #990 | 724 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FMC - Baystate Franklin Medical Center | 722 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Museum of Fine Arts Boston | 722 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL | 1,961 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lawrence | 730 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lawrence Manufacturing | 728 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Main Office - 01 | 410 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | IHG Army Hotels - Fort Gordon (Holiday Inn Express/Army Lodging) | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bed Bath and Beyond Glendale | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 001-Lish-Central Islip | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lake Erie Electric - Akron Division | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Northstar Energy Solutions, LLC | 723 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mercy Healthcare Sacramento | 723 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 350061-Albany Ny P&Dc | 723 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Banner Engineering Corp | 723 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.