Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing · Massachusetts

New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div

New Bedford, MA · ~48 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div runs at 357% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div: 11.8 TCR = 357% of Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div safety composite

New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−15.6

2017→2024

New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div injury rate improved

New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div's TCR fell 15.6 from 15.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 18.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=15.6 · 2018=18.4 · 2020=12.7 · 2021=11.6 · 2022=9.9 · 2023=14.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · New Bedford, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 357% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #48/51
  • PHOTO EASYPAK - 24 JYTEK
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EASYPAK - 24 JYTEK (0.0 TCR gap)

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New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div averages 11.8 TCR (357% of the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div TCR series: 2017=15.6 · 2018=18.4 · 2020=12.7 · 2021=11.6 · 2022=9.9 · 2023=14.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div falls in its industry

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 51 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain employers in Massachusetts.

New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div (48 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div
New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div (48 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

New England Plastics Corp-Thermo Div has fewer employees than the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 14.4 9.6 6 0 0
2022 9.9 6.0 5 0 0
2021 11.6 11.6 5 0 0
2020 12.7 7.6 5 0 0
2018 18.4 13.8 8 0 0
2017 15.6 5.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MA · New Bedford

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 109 employers in New Bedford, 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 EASYPAK - 24 JYTEK 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR REGENCY PLASTICS-UBLY INC -MI 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR JP Lamborn - Lakeland 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Elite Molding LLC 11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Payne|Bouchier Inc 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rise Construction Management 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-MA-South Dennis-Western Boulevard 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plymouth MA 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital 2,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR High Point & Affiliated Organizations 1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR JAMCO 690 FTE
CITY-NEAR LifeStream 644 FTE
NAT-TCR Mount Sinai Hospital 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado- Your Life Your Way 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wagner's, LLC - Flagler 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridge City Steel, LLC 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Richmond MC - JMC 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Star Supply Company 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE H.P. Cummings Construction Company 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyundai Motor America - Southern Region 48 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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.