Frozen seafood (except packaged) merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts

Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2

New Bedford, MA · ~29 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Frozen seafood (except packaged) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2: 6.2 TCR = 281% of Frozen seafood (except packaged) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 safety composite

Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−11.1

2020→2024

Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 injury rate improved

Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2's TCR fell 11.1 from 11.1 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=11.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=16.6 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424460 · New Bedford, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 281% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO HKH JVC LLC dba Norp…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HKH JVC LLC dba Norpac Fisheries Export (0.1 TCR gap)

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Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 averages 6.2 TCR (281% of the Frozen seafood (except packaged) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 TCR series: 2020=11.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=16.6 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 falls in its industry

88 Frozen seafood (except package establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Frozen seafood (except package employers in Massachusetts.

Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 (29 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 6.4 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2
Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 (29 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 6.4

Northern Wind, LLC Plant 2 has fewer employees than the Frozen seafood (except packaged) merchan median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.4. 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 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2022 16.6 16.6 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 11.1 11.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424460 · MA · New Bedford

88 Frozen seafood (except packaged) merchant wholesalers 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 HKH JVC LLC dba Norpac Fisheries Export 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Seafood 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR True World Foods 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Seafood Clackamas 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skyline Solar 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Building Co. Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CTA Construction Co., Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coastal Construction Corp. 29 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 10245 Tribeca 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1408 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wren Manufacturing Inc - 1070 Hanover Street 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ripley Industries, Inc. - Iuka 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gilmer Warehouse, LLC Macon Whse 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE MHG Hotels LLC 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manlius IL 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edgerton - 32190 West 191st Street 29 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.