Fresh seafood merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts
Northern Wind
New Bedford, MA · ~87 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Northern Wind runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fresh seafood merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.
Northern Wind: 1.1 TCR = 50% of Fresh seafood merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Northern Wind safety composite
Northern Wind scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).
75/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 94% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Northern Wind: 1.3 → 1.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.61× in 2022
Northern Wind's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.3 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424460 · New Bedford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 50% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #1/9
- PHOTO TWF DALLAS
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~87 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: TWF DALLAS (0.1 TCR gap)
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Northern Wind in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- True World Foo
True World Foods Boston
1.3 TCR
- Ocean Crest Se
Ocean Crest Seafoods, Inc
1.2 TCR
- This site
Northern Wind
1.1 TCR
- TWF DALLAS
TWF DALLAS
1 TCR
- Royal Lagoon S
Royal Lagoon Seafood
1 TCR
What this shows Northern Wind averages 1.1 TCR (50% of the Fresh seafood merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Northern Wind TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2020=0 · 2022=1.8 · BLS 2.2
Where Northern Wind falls in its industry
88 Fresh seafood merchant wholesa establishmentsSafer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 Fresh seafood merchant wholesa employers in Massachusetts.
Northern Wind has more employees than the Fresh seafood merchant wholesalers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424460 · MA · New Bedford
88 Fresh seafood 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 | TWF DALLAS | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Royal Lagoon Seafood | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ocean Crest Seafoods, Inc | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | True World Foods Boston | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Construction Management & Builders, Inc. | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D'Allessandro Corp. | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | B-G Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North shore mechanical contractors | 87 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 | Westport Properties, Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sedano's Supermarket #9 | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Roses 568 | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Walrath Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NAPA Seattle DC | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Farmingdale Vending | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Latexco, LLC | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Meridian At Waterways | 87 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.