Business to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade · Massachusetts

Northborough, MA

Northborough, MA · ~140 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northborough, MA runs at 769% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Business to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Northborough, MA: 16.9 TCR = 769% of Business to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northborough, MA safety composite

Northborough, MA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−1.9

2016→2018

Northborough, MA injury rate improved

Northborough, MA's TCR fell 1.9 from 6.0 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 40.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=40.6 · 2018=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 425110 · Northborough, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 16.9 · 769% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Blue Star Recyclers …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Denver (0.1 TCR gap)

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Northborough, MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northborough, MA averages 16.9 TCR (769% of the Business to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade BLS benchmark).

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

Northborough, MA TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=40.6 · 2018=4.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Northborough, MA falls in its industry

36 Business to business electroni establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Northborough, MA (140 employees, TCR 16.9) among 24 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 2.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 25 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Northborough, MA
Northborough, MA (140 employees, TCR 16.9) among 24 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Northborough, MA has more employees than the Business to business electronic markets, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2018 4.1 3.2 9 0 0
2017 40.6 27.1 6 0 0
2016 6.0 4.4 10 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

425110 · MA · Northborough

36 Business to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 42 employers in Northborough, 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 Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Denver 16.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pitman, NJ 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR A&D Supply LLC 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Petra Industries, LLC 10.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Buckley Associates Inc. 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE 42111A - BRAINTREE (AVON) DC 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colonial Wholesale Beverage 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Big Y Foods, Inc. Pittsfield 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORTHBORO-MA33 983 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5015 551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wegmans Northborough 058 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - OWD5 391 FTE
NAT-TCR Concord Center (Cacon) 16.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Eldercare Health and Rehabilitation 16.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Morrow Heights Assisted Living 16.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 056108-Placerville Po 16.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Guest House Rehabilitation Center 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2073-SW-20730043-CS 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diversicare of Seneca Place 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Food Coatings 140 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.