Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis · Maine

Nichols Portland LLC

Portland, ME · ~300 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nichols Portland LLC runs at 397% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis workplace, earning a grade F.

Nichols Portland LLC: 13.1 TCR = 397% of Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nichols Portland LLC safety composite

Nichols Portland LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−10.8

2021→2022

Nichols Portland LLC injury rate improved

Nichols Portland LLC's TCR fell 10.8 from 18.5 in 2021 to 7.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 18.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=18.5 · 2022=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332117 · Portland, ME ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.1 · 397% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK P1
  • PHOTO MetalKraft
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~300 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MetalKraft (2.2 TCR gap)

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Nichols Portland LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nichols Portland LLC averages 13.1 TCR (397% of the Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis BLS benchmark).

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

Nichols Portland LLC TCR series: 2021=18.5 · 2022=7.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Nichols Portland LLC falls in its industry

151 Powder metallurgy products man establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Nichols Portland LLC (300 employees, TCR 13.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Nichols Portland LLC
Nichols Portland LLC (300 employees, TCR 13.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Nichols Portland LLC has more employees than the Powder metallurgy products manufactured median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 7.7 2.9 8 13 0
2021 18.5 4.6 19 21 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332117 · ME · Portland

151 Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 244 employers in Portland, ME · 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 MetalKraft 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SHAWNEE FABRICATORS 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beaver Dam 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MetalKraft Industries, Inc. 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1932 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Hill Memorial Hospital 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Johnson and Jordan Mechanical Contractors 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norridgewock Manufacturing 302 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMC 8,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMC- 22 Bram 5,535 FTE
CITY-NEAR Point32Health Portland 4,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMP Practices 2,063 FTE
NAT-TCR 6458-ZFRM 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 568080-Superior Po 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0019-0019-01123 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0020-0021-04272 13.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE CM Tucker Lumber 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Decatur JR Randall Research Center 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE HP Hood LLC 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1086 - East Vancouver Wa Whse 300 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: 2022, 2021. 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.