Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, silicon), manufacturing · Massachusetts

Norwood, MA.

Norwood, MA · ~305 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norwood, MA. runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, silicon), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Norwood, MA.: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, silicon), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norwood, MA. safety composite

Norwood, MA. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−7.6

2017→2024

Norwood, MA. injury rate improved

Norwood, MA.'s TCR fell 7.6 from 7.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.6 · 2018=7.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334413 · Norwood, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/31
  • PHOTO SunPower Corp. - San…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 57 inj
  • SIZE ~305 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SunPower Corp. - San Leandro Warehouse (0.1 TCR gap)

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Norwood, MA. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norwood, MA. averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, silicon), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Norwood, MA. TCR series: 2017=7.6 · 2018=7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Norwood, MA. falls in its industry

437 Diodes, solid-state (e.g., ger establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 31 Diodes, solid-state (e.g., ger employers in Massachusetts.

Norwood, MA. (305 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Norwood, MA.
Norwood, MA. (305 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9

Norwood, MA. has more employees than the Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, si median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.0 6.3 29 0 0
2017 7.6 5.2 28 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334413 · MA · Norwood

437 Diodes, solid-state (e.g., germanium, silicon), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 79 employers in Norwood, 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 SunPower Corp. - San Leandro Warehouse 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Global Communication Semiconductors, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR IQE NORTH CAROLINA 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Phoenix 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Market Basket #20 305 FTE
STATE-SIZE MA0267CN2 305 FTE
STATE-SIZE Medtronic Boston 305 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.F. White Contracting Company 306 FTE
CITY-NEAR HallKeen Assisted Living 717 FTE
CITY-NEAR MANOR - NORWOOD 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORWOOD (MANOR) 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Market Foods 428 FTE
NAT-TCR Ellsworth Public School 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Enterprise 4209 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Dgdg 18 LLC 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CMP - 2701 Merced Street 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Los Angeles 305 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shop Rite of Washington 305 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Danville 305 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ecore International - Lancaster 305 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, 2018, 2017. 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.