Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities · Massachusetts
NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living
Dedham, MA · ~182 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 12
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.9 to the Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities BLS benchmark of 3.8 (103% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.8 industry benchmark.
Where NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living falls in its industry
6,975 Assisted-living facilities wit establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 214 Assisted-living facilities wit employers in Massachusetts.
NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living has an average TCR of 3.9, which is 103% of the industry average (3.8) for Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities. This is worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living
Between 2022 and 2024, NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living's Total Case Rate worsened from 3.2 to 3.6 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 12% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 3.2, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 4.9, a spread of 1.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living recorded 12 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 12 injuries shown on this page for NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 623312 - Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 166,215 hours worked = 3.61 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living (this establishment) | 3.92 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Homes for the elderly without nursing care industry avg | 3.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 623312 |
| Massachusetts state avg (all industries) | 4.94 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living's reported OSHA injury record versus its Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 103% of the Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities benchmark, NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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